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- Mrs. Viola Todahl, 75,314 W. Birch, died Sunday morning, May 23, at Lake Region Hospital. Services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 26, at Grace United Methodist Church with Rev. Alvin Maetche officiating. Burial will be in Knollwood Cemetery.
One of 13 children, she was born Sept. 2, 1906, at Elbow Lake to Eugene and Gertrude Nelson. She grew up at Underwood and Fergus Falls. Her family published the "Underwood Independent" newspaper.
Married to Arnold Todahl in Underwood on March 11, 1926, she and her husband lived there and at Fergus Falls. He died in August 1968.
She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women and the ladies' circles. She also participated in senior citizens' activities at the YMCA. She was employed as a nurse's aide for 22 years at Fergus Falls State Hospital.
Surviving are a son, Roger, Columbiaville, Mich.; a daughter, Mrs. Don (Val) Norman, Fergus Falls; nine grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren; seven sisters and brothers, Mrs. Peter (Elizabeth) Palm, Detroit Lakes, Paul Nelson, Cheyenne, Wyo., Ralph Nelson, Fergus Falls, Mrs. Al (Lucy) Perry, Winnipeg, Canada, Mrs. Jerry (Erva) Mabin, Cheyenne, Wyo., Mrs. Robert (Genevieve) Bjorgum, Faribault, and Mrs. Joe (Joyce) Gilbertson, Barnesville.
Visitation begins this evening at the Olson Funeral Home.
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