Thief River Falls - Clara Stolaas, 91, died Monday, January 15, 2001 at the CNC unit of Northwest Medical Center in Thief River Falls.
Services were
held at 10:30 a.m. 
on Saturday, January
20, at Ekelund Lutheran Church, rural Goodridge. Gelene Lundeen was
the organist, and the soloist was Diane Johnson. Casketbearers were
Clayton Loyland, Jeremy Loyland, Tom Banner, Gregory Walker, Richard
Walker and John Baratto. Burial was in Ekelund Cemetery with Green
Funeral Home of Thief River Falls in charge of the
arrangements.
Clara L. Loyland was born on May 19, 1909 in Silverton township of Pennington county, the daughter of Tollef and Tena (Overmoen) Loyland. Clara was baptized in the Lutheran faith in Thief River Falls and later confirmed at Ekelund Church in Erie. She attended school in Thief River Falls until she was eight years old and moved with her family to Star township where she attended school. Later, Clara attended Minneapolis Technical School for nursing. She worked as a private nurse in Minneapolis for a few years before moving to Chicago, Ill.
In the spring of 1941, she married Otto Hauger in Chicago. The couple made their home in South Bend, Ind. and later Chicago. Following the war, Otto and Clara moved to the Cass Lake area where they owned a resort for three years. They moved to Bemidji where they bought The Pines Restaurant which they sold before purchasing the Rainbow Club in Grand Rapids. The couple returned to Chicago where they operated an apartment house complex and later the High Life Inn on Clark Street for five or six years. They sold that business and moved to Morton Grove, Ill. where they operated the Prairie Schooner. A year after Otto died, Clara sold the business and moved to a house she built in Big Fork, Mont.
On her 80th birthday on May 19, 1989, Clara married Olaf Stolaas at Faith Lutheran Church in Goodridge. For a few years following their marriage, the couple spent their summers in Big Fork, Mont. and winters on Olaf's farm near Oklee. In May of 1998, Clara entered the CNC unit of Northwest Medical Center. Olaf died on March 22, 1999.
Clara is survived by two sisters, Lillian Banner of Morton Grove, Ill. and Amber Walker of Hibbing; a stepson, Orlan (Clarice) Stolaas of Oklee; a stepdaughter, Beulah (Lester) Vad of Oklee; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husbands; parents; two brothers, Olaf Loyland and Alvin Loyland; two sisters, Gladys Clark and Theodora Anderson; and a nephew. A00003B2000JA24