Thank you again Mark for the Espe Anniversary pictures in yesterday’s message. Gary
Bob, it was thru Dennis and Peggy Espe that we were able to locate you. We, the class of 65, remembered you well, but just could not located you because you were living in Germany. When Dennis and Peggy were alerted to the fact that we were trying to locate you, they provided us with your address. You guys have been exchanging Christmas cards all these years. How wonderful. Gary
Dwight used to send me a lot of personal messages and forwards with his touching replies, many of which I could never post. I miss that. Just today I had several forwards I would have dearly loved to have shared with him, but he is no longer there. Dwight and I actually reconnected back in 2005. Dwight would sometimes call me in the late night/early morning hours his time just to visit. His famous one liner to me was “You and I come from good stock”. It is hard to believe that he is gone. It was hard deleting his contact info out of my records. Gary
Wallace E. Danielson, age 91 passed away at the home of friends on July 17, 2011, near Mentor, MN.
Wallace Earl Danielson was born January 29, 1920, at Vang, ND, the son of Daniel and Bertha (Overaas) Danielson. He married Naomi Thrugstad on April 15, 1942 in Walhalla, ND. Wallace served in the United States Army in World War II, serving in North Africa and Italy. Following his discharge he attended Hanson’s Auto School of Mechanics in Fargo and worked as a mechanic in Enderlin, ND and Mt. Vernon, SD. He later accepted a call to become a lay pastor at the Lutheran Indian Mission near Dunseith, ND, where he stayed for 12 years. He worked at a small Bible school in McIntosh, MN. His final employment prior to retirement was with a group home for people with developmental disabilities in Bagley, MN. He retired in 1989. He later accepted a call as interim lay pastor at Bethel Bible Church in Mentor, MN where he remained until shortly before his death.
He is survived by his five children: Kathleen (Stephen) Gabrielsen, Golden Valley, MN; Daniel (Debra Zanish) Danielson, Minneapolis, MN; Patricia Danielson, Grand Forks, ND; Peter (Jean Daniels) Danielson, Rochester, MN; and Naomi Danielson, Grand Forks, ND; grandchildren: Elizabeth Gabrielsen, Joseph (Heidi) Gabrielsen, Carl Danielson, Arthur Daniels, Vivek Danielson, Ben Danielson, and Tina Danielson, great grandchildren: Micah and Ada Gabrielsen; sisters: Grace Busse, Walhalla, ND; Lenora Peterson, Lois Thompson, Seattle, WA; Edna Swenson, Everett, WA; Carrol Williams, Belleview, WA. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife on May 5, 2006, brothers: Orin and Norris and sisters: Irene Knutson and Florence Arneson.
Memorial services will be Monday, July 25, 2011 at 1:00 PM at Walhalla Lutheran Church, Walhalla, ND. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be at Vang Cemetery, Vang, ND. Military rites will be provided by the Walhalla American Legion Post.
Facts
Born: January 29, 1920
Death: July 17, 2011
Occupation: Lay Pastor
Services
Memorial Service
Monday July 25, 2011, 1:00 PM at Walhalla Lutheran Church
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Visitation
Monday July 25, 2011, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM at Walhalla Lutheran Church
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To all the Danielson siblings, We are so sorry to hear of your dad’s passing. Our condolences are with you.I remember you guys well riding our bus from the Mission. In those years it was known at the basement church.Dan, I remember you well in our class of 65. I seriously doubt that Mr. Lykins had any other students that could top you typing speed.Gary
How To Stop Church Gossip !
Mildred, the church gossip, and self-appointed monitor of the church’s morals, kept sticking her nose into other people’s business
Several members did not approve of her extra curricular activities, but feared her enough to maintain their silence.
She made a mistake, however, when she accused Frank, a new member, of being an alcoholic after she saw his old pickup parked in front of the town’s
only bar one afternoon.
She emphatically told Frank (and several others) that every one seeing it there
WOULD KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING !
Frank, a man of few words, stared at her for a moment and just turned and walked away. He didn’t explain, defend, or deny.
He said nothing..
Later that evening, Frank quietly parked his pickup in front of Mildred’s house …. walked home .. .. .and left it there all night.
(You gotta love Frank!)