Naimi Charlotta Egerdahl

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When Naimi (Nina) Charlotta Lind (Egerdahl) was born on January 7, 1897, her father, Joel, was 37, and her mother, Eva, was 32. She married Haakon Julius Egerdahl (Kristiansen) on July 3, 1918. She died on January 7, 1987, in Edgeley, North Dakota, at the age of 90, and was buried there.

The funeral for Nina C. Egerdahl, 89, Jamestown North Dakota will be at 10:30am, Tuesday in Eddy Funeral Chapter with Reverend N.E. McCoy officiating. Burial will in Mount Hope Cemetery at Hi-Acres on Wednesday. Mrs. Egerdahl was born in Finland on July 17, 1898. She came to the United States with her parents as a young girl in 1903 and they settled near Gackle, North Dakota, USA. She received her education in rural Gackle schools.

She married Hakon J. Egerdahl on July 3, 1918 in LaMoure County, North Dakota. Together they had and/or raised a total of 11 children four girls and seven boys. Most of the male children enlisted and served in the United States Armed forces (U.S. Navy & U.S. Army) during the WWII thru the Korean War era. They farmed near Jud, North Dakota and moved to Duluth, Minnesota USA in 1943. In 1952 the moved to Ada, Minnesota and in 1967 they moved back to Jamestown, North Dakota. Mr. Egerdahl died on September 17, 1970. Mrs. Egerdahl lived at Hi-Acres Manor Nursing center since 1980 and she was a member of the Assembly of God Church. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Ludwig Job (Magda), Nortonville, Mrs. Alvin Nelson (Dorothy), Lakeland, FL, Mrs. Lloyd Stene (Alice), Ada, Minnesota, and Mrs. Elwood Pruesse (Verna Mae), Milwaukee, Wisconson; four sons, Raymond Egerdahl, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Reverend John Egerdahl, Auburn Washington, Harold Egerdahl, Jamestown, and Donald Egerdahl, Chicago, Illinois; one sister Dorothy (Egerdahl) Nelson, Lakeland, FL and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Besides her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by two sons, four sisters and three brothers.

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