Peder Martin HOFSTAD

1882 - 1977  (94 years)

• Name	Peder Martin HOFSTAD
  Born	17 Jul 1882	Norway
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Jun 1977	St. Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, USA
  Buried	Hills of Rest Memorial Park, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA
  Notes	From the Argus Leader (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) 01 Sep 1942, Tues. “Corp. Alton Hofstad, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Hofstad, has been transferred from Ft. Bliss, Tex., to Camp Davis, Ala. Hans Wesley Hofstad, another son, now in the coast guard, has been sent to Alameda, Calif., for officer’s training school. Harold J. Hofstad is now beginning flight training in the air corps.” Obituary: Argus Leader (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) 13 Jul 1977, Wed. "Peder Martin Hofstad A memorial service for former Sioux Falls resident Peder Martin Hofstad, 94, will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church. Mr. Hofstad was born in Alstahaug, Norway on July 17, 1882. He migrated to the United States in 1885 with his parents, settling in Minnesota. His wife Nora died in 1911, and in August 1912, he married Christine Morck in Minneapolis. They moved to Sioux Falls in 1934 where he operated Hofstad's Service Station until retiring in 1960. Following his wife's death in 1960 he lived with his daughter Lila. For the past several years they had lived in St. Petersburg, Fla., where he died June 28. Survivors include five sons, Alton, Minneapolis; Neal, Rochester, Minn.; Harold, San Francisco; Cyrus and Hans Wesley, both of Sioux Falls; two daughters, Mrs. Edward Renaas, Currie, Minn., and Mrs. Lila Bell, St. Petersburg; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Brown, Marshall, Minn., and Mrs. Esther Krueger, St. Paul; 18 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren."
  Person ID	I10574	Lowell&Block
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2021

  
  

  Family 1	Christine Anetta MORCK,   b. 17 Sep 1890, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 2 Aug 1960, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Married	15 Aug 1912	Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
  Children	1. Alton James HOFSTAD,   b. 4 Dec 1912, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 10 Apr 1995, Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, USA  (Age 82 years)   2. Neal Morten HOFSTAD,   b. 6 Jul 1914, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, USA ,   d. 25 Aug 1991, Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, USA  (Age 77 years)   3. Cyrus Oliver HOFSTAD,   b. 2 Jan 1916, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, USA ,   d. 12 Oct 1978, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA  (Age 62 years)   4. Harold Jerome HOFSTAD,   b. 2 Mar 1918, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 10 Jun 1979, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA  (Age 61 years)   5. Hans Wesley “Wes” HOFSTAD,   b. 7 Jan 1921, Tracy, Lyon, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 30 Jul 2009, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA  (Age 88 years)   6. Fern Irene Mae HOFSTAD,   b. 22 Feb 1929, Lyon Co., Minnesota, USA ,   d. 8 Feb 2000, Fairmont, Martin, Minnesota, USA  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	29 Dec 2018
  Family ID	F3669	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Nora Marie MORCK,   b. 6 Jan 1884, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 10 Jun 1912, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, USA  (Age 28 years)
  Married	2 Jun 1908	Storden, Cottonwood, Minnesota, USA
  Children	1. Lila Mathilda Constance HOFSTAD,   b. 18 Jun 1909, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, USA ,   d. 2009, Pinellas Co., Florida, USA  (Age 99 years)
  Last Modified	29 Dec 2018
  Family ID	F16177	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 17 Jul 1882 - Norway Married - 2 Jun 1908 - Storden, Cottonwood, Minnesota, USA Married - 15 Aug 1912 - Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Died - 28 Jun 1977 - St. Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, USA Buried - - Hills of Rest Memorial Park, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA  = Link to Google Earth