Ida
Ordahl, 89
Thief
River Falls - Ida Ordahl, 89, died Sunday, May
5, 2002 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in Red Lake
Falls.
Funeral
services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 9,
at Oak Ridge Lutheran Church, rural Thief River
Falls, with Rev. Luther Peterson officiating. Mrs.
Martin Solseng will be the organist, and the
soloist will be Van Swanson. Casketbearers will be
Dave Miller, Scott Peters, Raymond Olson, Brad
Blawat, Kenneth Brateng, Dean Brateng, and Randy
Carpenter. Interment will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery
in Norden Township of Pennington County.
Visitation
will be held from noon to 8 p.m. today (Wednesday,
May 8) with a 7 p.m. prayer service at Green
Funeral Home in Thief River Falls. Visitation will
also be held for one hour prior to services at the
church.
Ida
Marie Brateng was born on August 31, 1912 at
Mekinock, N.D., the daughter of Hans and Mathea
(Peterson) Brateng. She was baptized at St. Paul's
Lutheran Church in Honeyford, N.D. and confirmed in
the Wannaska area where she grew up.
On
June 16, 1938, Ida was united in marriage to Henry
Ordahl. The couple resided and farmed in Norden
Township.
Ida
was a member of Oak Ridge Lutheran Church and its
Ladies Aid. She also taught Sunday
school.
She
enjoyed baking, cooking, the outdoors, playing
guitar, and caring for her family.
Ida
is survived by a daughter, Elaine Miller of Viking,
a grandson, and several nieces and
nephews.
She
was preceded in death by her husband, an infant
daughter, her parents, and all of her siblings.
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