On this date in 1915, my great-grandmother Augusta Mathilda (Gustafsdotter) Rudeen passed away. The February 25, 1915 edition of the Wahoo Wasp noted this item: Mrs. Rudeen who has been seriously ill with pneumonia since the death of her son, Harry, last week, quietly passed to the great beyond, Monday, February 22. I have a copy […]
OTD: 100 years ago today – Harry Rudeen
It had been previously noted in the February 18 edition of the Wahoo Wasp: Harry Rudeen is seriously ill at this writing. Harry was the younger brother of my grandfather, Lawrence Rudeen. Then from the February 25, 1915 edition of the Wahoo Wasp: Harry Rudeen passed away February 15, 1915 at the home of his […]
Book review: “Giants in the Earth” by Rölvaag, 1927
I can’t believe I’d never heard of this book before, “Giants in the Earth“. It was written in 1927 by Ole Edvard Rölvaag, a Norwegian immigrant and a professor at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. The book is a fictionalized account of original homesteaders on the South Dakota prairie, and goes into quite a […]
Marriage Record, Lawrence and Clarinda Rudeen
While she was in Colorado for Thanksgiving, Florence asked about a marriage certificate for her parents, Lawrence and Clarinda Rudeen. I had never seen one, so we looked up the instructions for ordering a copy. Florence handled all the details and sent me my copy last week! She said in a note, “Notice the name […]
Youth group photo, a better scan
I couldn’t figure out why yesterday’s image scan of the youth group photo was so terrible. The resolution with my naked eye was better than the 1200 dpi scan! The photo is attached to some heavy cardboard, and I don’t think the lid of my scanner was applying enough pressure. So I tried again this […]
