Born: 4 Feb 1860, Trysil, Østerdalen, Norway
Married:19 Dec 1877, Chippewa twp, Douglas Co, MN
Died: 19 Nov 1932, Holmes City twp, Douglas Co, MN
Buried: Trysil-Bethesda cemetery, Holmes City, Douglas Co, MN
Spouse: Peder O. Myhr
Newspaper obituary, Alexandria, MN. November 1932
Mrs. Hanna Myhr
Mrs. Hanna Myhr, Holmes City pioneer, was born in Trysil, Osterdalen, Norway, Feb. 4, 1860. She passed away Saturday, November 19, 1932, at her home in Holmes City township at the age of 72 years, 9 months and 15 days.
Mrs. Myhr left Norway, together with her parents, Hans and Ragnhild Strandvold, her sisters, Helga and Maria, Mrs. Knute Lee, in the fall of 1868. They arrived at St. Cloud and drove to the town of Holmes City with oxen. She lived there all her life with the exception of two years, one in North Dakota and one near Brandon. She was the last surviving member of the Strandvold family.
She was united in marriage to Peder O. Myhr of Brandon, December 19, 1877. Seven children were born to this union, two having preceded her in death. Helga Marie burned to death when three and a half years old and Carl Albert died in 1918. Her husband passed away June 2, 1932. The following children survive: Ragna, Mrs. Christ Christofferson of Eugene, Oregon; Henry Myhr of Holmes City; Helga, Mrs. S.J. Lindseth, of Borup, Minn.; Priscilla and Martin on the home farm. There are also seventeen grandchildren and one great grandchild and many other relatives as well as a host of friends to mourn her loss.
She has been a member of the Trysil congregation and Ladies Aid since it was organized 62 years ago and the only member left of the Ladies Aid.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday, Nov. 23d at 1:00 o’clock from the home. Rev. Vaage spoke a few comforting words, after which Helen Lindseth, Randolph and Hjalmer Lee sang “Nearer My God to Thee” and 2 o’clock from the Trysil church. Rev. Vaage spoke in Norwegian language and Rev. Lindseth in the English. Helen Lindseth sang “Still, Still With Thee”, Hjalmar Lee, “Den Store Vide Flok” and Rev. Vaage sang “Dig Vil Vi Pris” one of Mrs. Myhr’s favorite songs. Interment took place in the church cemetery. The pallbearers were 4 of her grandsons: Harold, Reuben and Clifton Myhr and Paul Christofferson and two of her nephews, Hjalmar and Randolph Lee of Argusville, N.D.
Card of Thanks
We wish to express our most sincere gratitude to friends and relatives for their help, kindness and sympathy at the death of our beloved mother, to Rev. Vaage for his words of comfort, to those who sang, for the floral tributes, the gifts in her memory, to those who decorated and many who by their presence manifested their love to us. May God reward you.
Priscilla and Martin Myhr
Mr. and Mrs. C. Christofferson
Mr. and Mrs. H. Myhr
Rev. and Mrs. S. J. Lindseth