Born: 23 Nov 1914, Ben Wade twp, Pope Co, MN
Died: 1 Jun 1997, Alexandria, Douglas Co, MN
Buried: Trysil-Bethesda cemetery, Holmes City twp, MN
Newspaper Obituary: June 1997
Clifford Nygaard
Clifford Nygaard, 82, of Alexandria, Minnesota, formerly of Lowry, died at the Knute Nelson Memorial Home, Sunday, June 1. (1997)
Funeral services were held Friday, June 6, at the Hoplin Funeral Chapel, Glenwood. Interment was in the Trysil Cemetery, Lowry.
Clifford Nygaard was born in Ben Wade Township, Pope County on Nov 23, 1914, the son of Henry and Clara (Christianson) Nygaard. He attended Pope County School District No 26 in Ben Wade. He farmed on the home farm in Pope County until 1956, when he went to work on farms in Villard, Alexandria, Farwell and Lowry. He was a resident of Knute Nelson Memorial Home for a number of years.
Surviving are his sister, Alice Ashley of Walla Walla, Wash; sisters-in-law, Loretta Nygaard of Glenwood and Margorie Nygaard of Fergus Falls; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Johnnie and Stanley; two sisters, Inez and Agnes; nieces, Mary Nygaard and Cathy Russell; and nephew, Joseph Nygaard.