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Hilmen
Flaten, 84
Portland,
N.D. - Hilmen Flaten, 84, died Tuesday, April
16, 2002 at Union Hospital in Mayville,
N.D.
Funeral
services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April
20, at Little Forks Lutheran Church at rural
Hatton, N.D. Interment was in Little Forks
Cemetery, rural Hatton, with Bilden Funeral Home of
Hatton in charge of the arrangements.
Hilmen
Flaten was born on October 23, 1917, at rural
Hatton, N.D., the son of Ole and Elvina (Stevning)
Flaten. He grew up in the Hatton community, was
baptized and confirmed at Little Forks Lutheran
Church, and attended a rural school in Viking
Township.
Hilmen
served in the United States Army during World War
II from 1941 to 1945.
On
August 29, 1948, he married Ella Nyhus at Moorhead.
The couple lived in Portland, N.D., and Hilmen
worked for the International Harvester Company in
Mayville. In 1951, the couple moved to Minnesota,
residing at Highlanding and Plummer where Hilmen
farmed and worked for the Soo Line Railroad. In May
of 1970, they returned to the Mayville/Portland
area, and Hilmen worked for Burlington Northern
Railroad until his retirement.
He
was a member of the Little Forks congregation,
Hatton American Legion, and Mayville
VFW.
Survivors
include his wife, Ella; three sons, Larry (JoAnn)
and David (Dorothy), both of Hatton, and Dale of
Portland; two daughters, Irene (Ronnie) Teigland of
East Grand Forks and Karen (Steve) Amundson of
Portland; 10 grandchildren; nine
great-grandchildren; four brothers, Kenneth (Alpha)
of Sharon, N.D., Ernest (Elaine) of Hatton, Marlin
(Solveig) of Portland, and Ardell (Marcella) of
Klemme, Iowa; and a sister, Arlene (Ted) Pederson
of St. Cloud.
Preceding
Hilmen in death were his parents; five brothers,
Melvin, Clarence, Russell, Ellerd, and Edwin; and
four sisters, Julia, Hilda, Doreen, and
Olga.
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