| Summary: | Ida Hermanson & John Fretheim JOHN FRETHEIM Born in Allamakee County, Iowa, August 29, 1884, John Fretheim grew to manhood in Iowa, and farmed in McKenzie County, N.D. for 17 years before moving to McVille in 1938 where he farmed until retiring in 1957 and moving into town. He married Elma Helgeland, daughter of Sarah and Anfin Helgeland, on January 12, 1927. She worked as assistant cashier at the State Bank of McVille in 1913. Elma died in January, 1956. On June 24, 1962, John married Mrs. Gladys Nyberg. Gladys was the daughter of Albert and Christine Johnson, born April 10, 1907. She was a McVille High School graduate and entered Nurses training at the Deaconess Hospital in Minneapolis and graduated as an R.N. working in Minneapolis for several years before returning to McVille. She married Carl E. Nyberg in 1935 and he passed away in 1951. Gladys and John Fretheim were married scarcely a year before she died in March 1963. John Fretheim did not have any children and died at the age of 84 on October 20, 1968. They are interred at the Sheyenne Cemetery, rural Pekin. MELCHIOR & OLINE FLOHAUG Melchior Flohaug and Oline Ingberg were married in 1900. Oline was born May 24, 1882. at Ada, Mn., and after their marriage they farmed in Field Twsp. until 1924 when they moved to Vancouver, Wash. They were the parents of ten children including:Theodore, Mrs. Dorothy White, Mrs. Cora Belongia, Otto, Mrs. Lee (Sena) Clemens, and Mrs. Milo (Ida) Skaar, all of Vancouver. The following are deceased: Anton, Josie, Lena, and George. There were eight grand children. Mrs. Flohaug died April 23, 1966. She was a sister of Mrs. Christ Ruse. Melchior & Oline Flohaug Mr. & Mrs. Martin O. Fjeld 146 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited in Multi-page TIFF Editor.
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