Obituary
Funeral Tuesday For Ole Nysetvold, Lifetime Resident
Ole Nysetvold, retired building contractor and a life time resident of the Twin Valley Community, died at his home here Friday afternoon, April 6, 1962, at the age of 76 years. He had been in ill health for some time. Funeral services were held here at 2 pm yesterday, Tuesday, in Zion Lutheran Church with the Rev. Maurice S. Molvik officiating. Vocal selections at the services were sung by the Nysetvold grandchildren, with Mrs. Maurice Molvik organist. Honorary pallbearers were George Lysaker, Martin Brevik, Peter Lysaker, Carl Ask, Henry Erickson and Lewis Kirkeby. Active pallbearers were Andreas Heiberg, Kermit Kvenvolden, Wayne Wagstrom, Marlow Pfaff, Phillip Myrold and Robert Hammer. Internment was made in Zion Lutheran Cemetery with the Wagstrom-Erlien Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Nysetvold was born on a farm near Flom, Minnesota, Norman County, on Nov. 22, 1885, the son of John and Guri Nysetvold. He was baptized in the Immanuel Lutheran Church, and confirmed in the Aspelund Lutheran Church. He spent his youth on the farm near Flom. Mr. Nysetvold was united in marriage to Mina Aasgaard on June 16, 1912 in the Wild Rice Lutheran Church and they had resided in Twin Valley for nearly fifty years. A building contractor, Mr. Nysetvold had built the Zion Lutheran and Wild Rice Lutheran Churches, many homes in Twin Valley, and several homes, barns and other buildings in this surrounding area. Mr. Nysetvold had worked in Alaska 19 months during World War II. He had served on various boards of Zion Lutheran Church, had served as a member of the Village Council for several years, and had been a member of the Twin Valley Volunteer Fire Department for many years. In addition to construction of larger buildings, he was an expert in cabinet work and finishing carpentry. His hobbies consisted of gardening and drawing building plans. Besides his wife, he leaves to mourn his passing four sons and six daughters, Miles of Watertown, SD; Orwin and Mrs. Andreas (Gladys) Heiberg of Willmar, MN; Arnt and Mrs. Robert (Dorothy) Hammer both of Twin Valley, MN; Paul of Bremerton, WA; Mrs. Kermit (Iona) Kvenvolden of Fergus Falls, MN; Mrs. Wayne (Loanna) Wagstrom of Moorhead, MN; Mrs. Marlow (Judy) Pfaff of Appleton, MN; and Mrs. Phillip (Enid) Myrold of Fargo, ND. There are two brothers, Johnny and Henry, both rural Ulen, MN; also 32 grandchildren and a great granddaughter. Mr. Nysetvold was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Ingeborg Nysetvold , on Feb. 14, 1961 and a daughter who died in infancy.

Ole Nysetvold was born on November 22, 1885 in Flom Township. He was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church on December 22, 1885. His sponsors were: Halvor H. Aas, Kristian Pedersen, Anders Henningsen & Beret H. Aas. He was confirmed in 1900 at Aspelund Lutheran Church at Flom, Minnesota. He died on April 6, 1962 and is buried in Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery at Twin Valley, Minnesota.