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- Johanna Elizabeth Stamnes was born in Norway on June 1, 1889. She came to the United States at the age of 15 and lived in Todd Co, Minnesota where she met and married Ole Bjerkaas at Long Prairie, Todd Co, MN on April 10, 1907.
Shortly after suffering a stroke, Johanna died in the early morning hours of December 30, 1954 at the Fergus Falls, MN hospital.
Johanna and Ole had two children born to them --a son, Jay, and a daughter, Gladys, who preceded her parents in death.
Johanna was survived by her husband, Ole Bjerkaas, who farmed south of Fergus Falls, MN. Also survived by her son, Jay, who lived in Fergus Falls; three grandsons, one granddaughter; one sister, Mrs. Christ Orheim, in this country; a half-sister and three half-brothers in Norway. Her stepmother was also living in Norway.
Mrs. Bjerkaas was a faithful member of the Bethel Lutheran Church. Internment was in the Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery of Fergus Falls, MN.
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