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Ida Louise Tollefson was born in a log house in Maplewood Township on October 6, 1894. She
was the oldest in the family and had seven living brothers. Threee babies died as infants/ Ida was baptized and confirmed in Maplewood. She attended the Number 110 rural School. When she was elevn years old she left home to do housework west of Erhard. Later she took the train from Pelican Rapids to Fargo and did housework there. This was a great learning experience as shee developed into an excellent housekeeper and gracious hostess. Her next job from 1913 to 1915 was at the Fergus Falls State Hospital where she worked in the laundry and also as an aide. The always referred to those days as soome of the most enjoyable of her life. She met Arthur Rasmussen and they were married on June 23, 1915. After they were married they livd in Maplewood where their five children bere born. For a short while they lived in Erhard while Art did road work. They also lived on the Caspar Zimmerman fiam west of Erhaard and then went back to Maplewood. In 1935 they left Maplewood for a farm near Erhard and while there attended Bagstevold Lutheran Church. In 1941 they purchased a farm west of Carlisle and lived in that area for the rest of their farming years. While there Ida was an active member of the Hedemarken Lutheran Church. Ida was always an industrious and hard working person. Besides being an expert seamstress, she enjoyed crochetng, knitting and tatting. |