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Aardahl Church marks 75th anniversary in Bemidji area
Olivia Hoff recalls the Aardahl Church’s history from its 1896 founding by Norwegian immigrants to 75th anniversary celebrations. Pastors from Spicer Fergus Falls Audubon attended the service led by Rev Kurt Wied, with a noon luncheon and afternoon program of music. The piece reflects on early settlers, logging, farming hardships, community growth, parish changes, and cultural memory in Minnesota’s North Woods.
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Trygve Dahle
Spicer
Kenneth Armstrong
Fergus Falls
George Schwantes
Audubon
Kurt Wied
Arthur Hoff
Oliva Hoff
Aardahl Church
Olivia Hoff
Route 3
Bemidji
America
Aardahl
Settersdahl
Norway
Minnesota
Conan
Thor
Odin
Freya
Sif
Loki
Asgard
North Sea
Aakhus
Torgrimson
Huset
Mid- America
California
New York
Jensen
Iver Ungstad
Skandinavisk Evangelisk Luthersk Menighed
Strooget
den Mar
Velge Forman
Pas
Sekreter Iver O. Ungstad
Fulgendi
Betsy Langerak
Oscar Hanson
Frohn
Walber Froiak
Hilda Maurice Olsen
Carl Adolph L. Opsata
Gilbert E. Moe
John P. Dahl
Finset
Knut Moe
Julius Holden
Hilda Olsen
Paul Kvale
L.P. Christianson
Even Moe
Even Langerak
A.W. Paulson
Carl Opsata
Red River Valley
Aardahl and
Nymore
Malvik
Trinity
Laporte
Bueide
Hiroshima
American Lutheran Church
Independent ‘Association
Mississippi
Miami
Aquarius
Golgotha
Aal