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Oliver and Agnes Berve
Husband's Full Name: Oliver Berve
Husband's Place of Birth: Buxton, ND
Husband's Father's Name: Ole Berve
Husband's Mother's Name: Anna Berve
Husband's Siblings' Names: Jonas, Hannah Ramsfield, Cecilia, Olga, Egert, Olida Ravnaas, Eilert, Casper
Wife's Full Name: Agnes Hagen Berve
Wife's Place of Birth: Hawley, Clay, Minnesota
Wife's Father's Name: Syvert Hagen
Wife's Mother's Name: Susanne Helene Solem
Wife's Siblings' Names: Mathilda, Hannah, Selma, Mabel, Morris, Lester, Nora, Orville, Leland
Brothers Eilert and Oliver Berve
Mr. Berve was born November 26, 1894 at Buxton. In 1895 he came with his parents to a farm in Fram Township, Wells County. He married Agnes Hagen December 6, 1948 at Harvey. They farmed northwest of Fessenden until 1959, when they retired. Then they moved to Harvey where they since have lived. Mr. Berve was president for many years of the Bethel Lutheran Church Council.
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The funeral was Saturday, November 1980, at the Bethel Lutheran Church, rural Manfred, burial in the church cemetery.Survivors include his wife and several nieces and nephews. (source - obituary)