Notes:

1900 census - mpls parents john b & mary born oct 1891

1940 Census he lived in Minneapolis. 48 years old single. Laborer at odd jobs. 6th grade education.

1920 Census living in Minneapolis 27 yrs old with wife Laura 27 years old. Daughters Ruth 4 yrs and Edith 3 yrs and son Richard 2 yrs. Working as teamster for creamery.

1920 Census living in Minneapolis 27 yrs old with wife Laura 27 years old. Daughters Ruth 4 yrs and Edith 3 yrs and son Richard 2 yrs. Working as teamster for creamery.

Ontario Births, 1869-1912- Joseph Albert Galarneau born 22 Apr 1891 Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario - father Jean Baptiste Galarneau mother Marie Dunberg

Family/Spouse: Laura Chamberlain. Laura was born in 1895 in Fairbault, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Cemetery Record

Birth: Jan., 1914
Minneapolis
Hennepin County
Minnesota, USA
Death: Feb. 2, 1914
Minneapolis
Hennepin County
Minnesota, USA

Cause of Death: bronchial pneumonia
Age: 21 days
Place of Death: 1622 Lyndale Ave No
Burial Date: Feb. 3, 1914

father: Albert Galarneau
mother: Laurie Chamberlain

Burial:
Minneapolis Pioneers & Soldiers Memorial Cemetery
Minneapolis
Hennepin County
Minnesota, USA
Plot: Lot: 112 Block: P Grave: 12F-S 3R

Buried:
Birth: Jan., 1914
Minneapolis
Hennepin County
Minnesota, USA
Death: Feb. 2, 1914
Minneapolis
Hennepin County
Minnesota, USA

Cause of Death: bronchial pneumonia
Age: 21 days
Place of Death: 1622 Lyndale Ave No
Burial Date: Feb. 3, 1914

father: Albert Galarneau
mother: Laurie Chamberlain

Burial:
Minneapolis Pioneers & Soldiers Memorial Cemetery
Minneapolis
Hennepin County
Minnesota, USA
Plot: Lot: 112 Block: P Grave: 12F-S 3R

Notes:

Obituary

Birth: Mar. 26, 1915
Litchfield
Meeker County
Minnesota, USA
Death: Aug. 1, 2014
Baudette
Lake of the Woods County
Minnesota, USA

A Funeral Service for Ruth E. Fogelstrom of Baudette, MN will be held on Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at 1:00 PM at First Congregational Church of Baudette, MN. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from 5-7 PM at Helgeson Funeral Home in Baudette, MN. Interment will be held at Elm Park Cemetery in Baudette.

Ruth Fogelstrom passed away on Friday, August 1, 2014 at the LakeWood Care Center in Baudette, MN at the age of 99.

Ruth was born on March 26, 1915 in Litchfield, MN to Albert and Laura Galarneau. At the age of 12, she was adopted into a farm family in Litchfield and graduated from high school there. She lived on the farm until 1939, when she and Ray Fogelstrom were married in 1939. After farming several years with Ray’s parents, they moved to Minneapolis where Ray was employed a large grocery chain. The later moved to Columbia Heights, MN where they operated a small grocery store. In 1943, when Ray served in the military, Ruth and the children lived in Staples, MN until 1945. After farming in Nevada, IA for 12 years, they moved to Baudette, MN to be closer to family.

She was a member of the First Congregational Church and enjoyed serving there for many years. She also spent time gardening, watching baseball, knitting, and baking for her family.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Ray; daughters, Donna Gohman and Carol Scharfenkamp; three sisters and a brother.

Family/Spouse: Raymond Andrew Fogelstrom. Raymond was born on 1 Jul 1917 in Iowa; died on 12 Jul 1999 in Bemidji, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary

Birth: May 10, 1916
Faribault
Rice County
Minnesota, USA
Death: Dec. 28, 2007
Winona
Winona County
Minnesota, USA

Obituary~
Edith H. Richey, age 91, of Winona, formerly of Litchfield, died on Friday, Dec. 28, 2007, at Saint Anne Hospice.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Jan. 3, 2008, at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church with Pastor Paul Lindhorst officiating. Visitation will be held two hours prior to the services at the church. Interment will be held in the Lake Ripley Cemetery.

Edith Hazel Richey, the daughter of Albert and Laura (Chamberlain) Galarneau, was born on May 10, 1916, in Faribault, Minn. She grew up and received her education in the Litchfield area. On Sept. 10, 1935, she was united in marriage to Harland Richey. They engaged in farming in the Litchfield and Watkins area for a few years before moving into Litchfield. In the mid 1960s they moved to the Brainerd area. After Harland's health failed they moved to Winona in 2001. Edith was a member of the St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Litchfield. She enjoyed fishing, camping and dancing with Harland. She also enjoyed painting and music. She was very handy with her needle work and would often crochet elaborate designs without a pattern.

She is survived by her children, David (Margaret) Richey of St. Louis Park and Janice (Arnold) Dufseth of Rolling Stone, Minn.; grandchildren James (Kris) Dufseth, Jessica (Jeff) Hosch and Jeff (fiancee Lisa Thorn) Dufseth; great-grandchildren Morgen, Isabella and Cody. She is also survived by her sisters, Ruth Fogelstrom of Baudette, Marion Bengston of Sarasota, Fla., and Virginia Prieve of Litchfield. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Harland in 2002, son Alfred, brother Bob Galarneau and sister, Margaret Sims.

Edith married Harland Richey on 10 Sep 1935 in Minnesota. Harland was born on 15 Jan 1911; died on 21 Apr 2002 in Winona, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Birth: Aug. 12, 1917
Death: Feb. 14, 1977


Burial:
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
California, USA
Plot: Eternal Love, Map E20, Lot 4003, Space 1

Family/Spouse: P.S. Arnleend. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Mariann Bengtson, 90
Mariann Lyla Bengtson, age 90, of Sarasota, FL, formerly of Dassel, died Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010.

She was born May 7, 1920, to Albert and Laura Galarneau in Minneapolis. At the age of 6, she was adopted by Perry and Madge Freiday and was raised in the rural Litchfield area.

As a young woman, Mariann moved to Dassel, where she met her husband, Ted Bengtson. They were married Oct. 22, 1939, and spent nearly 63 years together.

Mariann lived in Dassel over 50 years. She and Ted moved to Sarasota, FL in 1992, where she resided until her death.

Mariann is lovingly remembered by her daughters: Sharon Turnbull of Sarasota, FL, and her husband, Stuart; Kathleen Upton of Colorado Springs, CO, and her husband, Charles; and Linda Lundberg of St Charles, IL, and her husband, David; two sisters, Ruth Fogelstrom of Baudette, MN, and Virginia Prieve of Litchfield; five grandchildren, Lisa Davis, Earl MacEnulty II, Michelle Selvig, Matthew Lundberg, and Sarah Lundberg; and 11 great-grandchildren.

A memorial service took place Saturday, Nov. 20 at 1:30 p.m. at the Dassel Covenant Church. Memorials may be sent to Covenant Life Presbyterian Church General Fund, 8490 MacIntosh Rd, Sarasota, FL 34238.

Family/Spouse: T.R. Bengston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Virginia M. “Ginger” Prieve, 96, of Litchfield passed away December 17, 2019 at Bethany Assisted Living in Litchfield. Visitation will be from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m., Thursday, December 26 at the Ecumen Augustana Chapel in Litchfield and also at the church for one hour prior to the service. Services will be conducted at St. Paul’s Ev. Lutheran Church in Litchfield on December 27, 2019 at 11:00 a.m., with Rev. Jay Panning officiating. Interment will be at Lake Ripley Cemetery, with military honors by the Litchfield Military Honor Guard.

Virginia was born on April 16, 1923 in Minneapolis MN to Albert and Laura Galarneau. She was the youngest of six children. As a young child, she was placed in foster care in Litchfield, as were her four sisters and one brother. Even though they were divided among several families, they were able to maintain a relationship over the years. Virginia was eventually adopted by Frank and Mabel Koktavy, who owned and operated the Electric Maid Bakery in Litchfield. They lived in an apartment above the bakery, so Virginia considered Central Park to be her front yard, enjoying many hours playing with her friends and dolls on the bandstand. She graduated from Litchfield High School in the Class of ’41, whose motto was “If you can’t find a path, make one!” After graduation, she moved to Los Angeles to be near her brother Bob and his family, getting a job at a clothing factory. On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, she was walking home from the store with a friend when they saw people running out of their homes and screaming that the Japanese had just bombed Pearl Harbor. It made such a huge impact on her that she joined the United States Navy and proudly served as a Pharmacist’s Mate Third Class at the U.S. Naval Hospital in San Diego.

On completion of her enlistment, she returned to Minneapolis and worked as a telephone operator. On a weekend visit to Litchfield to visit family, she met Oliver Prieve, who worked for her uncle Harry Radunz at his tire shop. They were married on July 5, 1947 at St. Paul’s Ev. Lutheran Church in Litchfield. Virginia continued to work as a telephone operator until their daughter Sandra Lee was born on September 16, 1949. Sandra passed away the following day due to complications at birth. Their daughter Susan Virginia was born on Sandra’s birthday in 1950, followed by Gary Oliver in 1953 and Sara Jane in 1961. Ginger was an excellent cook and enjoyed baking and canning. She was also a very talented seamstress and made over 300 Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls, as well as several hundred baby bibs decorated with her counted cross-stitch designs. Family was always very important to her.

Ginger began working at Bethany Home in Litchfield in 1974, becoming the head of the housekeeping department. She loved her job and stayed there for 18 years, until her retirement in 1992. She repeatedly told her family members that she wanted to live there one day when she could no longer be in her home, because she liked it there so well.

She was a very active member of St. Paul’s Ev. Lutheran Church, serving as a Sunday School teacher, leader of the Lutheran Girl Pioneers, a member of Ladies’ Aid, choir, Altar Guild, and in any other capacity where she could be of help.

Upon Ollie’s death on March 25, 2004, Ginger continued to live alone in the home they had shared for nearly 57 years. At her request, she moved into Bethany Assisted Living on her 85th birthday. She loved the many activities and friendships there, even reuniting with some of her high school classmates and church friends. She served as President of the Residents’ Council, saying that all she really had to do was attend meetings, drink coffee, and eat cookies! In the last several years, she faced the struggles of dementia/Alzheimer’s disease. The family is eternally grateful to the wonderful staff at Bethany and Gloria Dei for the kindness and compassion shown to Ginger, and the dedicated attention, patience, and love that they gave her day after day.

Ginger was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Ollie; her infant daughter, Sandra Lee; her parents, Frank, Mabel, Albert and Laura; her brother, Robert Galarneau; her sisters, Ruth Fogelstrom, Edith Richey, Mariann Bengtson, and Margaret Adams, her son-in-law, Jack Fider; and many other family members and friends.

She is survived by her children; Susan (Steven) Ulrick of Wichita Falls, TX, Gary (Linda) Prieve of Litchfield, and Sara Fider of Mandan, ND. She is also survived by grandchildren; Steven (Becky) Ulrick, Scott (Amber) Ulrick, Melissa Prieve, Laura (Dan) Talvitie, Adam Prieve, Dana (Jason) Splonskowski, Beth (Justin) Goetz, Michael Huncovsky, and Gretchen (Robert) Chilson, as well as 22 Great-Grandchildren; Allison, Anna, Avery, Alenia, Audie, Amelia, Anthony, Alex, Zoey, Tifani, Trinity, Christian, Dayla, Hannah, Matthew, Megan, Maddox, Elise Virginia, Isaac, Jacob, Robert and Miles.

Virginia married Oliver Julius Prieve on 5 Jul 1947 in St. Paul’s Ev. Lutheran Church in Litchfield, Minnesota. Oliver was born on 4 Jul 1915 in Wisconsin; died on 26 Mar 2004 in Litchfield, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]