Tillie (Dalager) Ogdahl: Lavilla (Dalager) Peterson remembers

Her oldest sister was Tillie who was born Sept. 26, 1888. She married Anton Ogdahl October 21, 1909. They had a family of 4 boys and 3 girls. Children came regularly about every two years. When they were first married they lived on the homestead place, where Ralph lives now. Amelia was living on the homestead with the younger children and as the older children got married they would live with Amelia and later find their own place. To make things go, they had hired men and women and ran a lot of land.

Amelia stayed on the farm until she was 80. She also had a house in town which Helen helped her buy. For the last 10 years of her life Amelia lived in town with Tillie who was a widow by then. Amelia was not feeling well at this time but she would talk about going back to the farm. Her children would take her back to the farm where they would wheel her around in her wheel chair. How many years had Amelia lived on the farm?________

Lavilla said that Tillie loved to cook and keep house. She did a lot of sewing. She would take old garment and make clothes for her children. If you went to her house you were sure to be invited for coffee and something to go with the coffee. When Lavilla was growing up she would visit her older sister Tillie quite often. When she visited Tillie Lavilla would help with the children. She was sure that she had held all of Tillie’s children. Tillie’s husband Anton died of T B. on July 21, 1934 at the age of 52 years. Robert Petersonwould like to stop in at Tillie’s home on the way home from country school. She always had something good to eat.