OBITUARY: Norris T. Dahlen, 1909-1960, Worth County, Iowa
                                     



                          Norris T. Dahlen

Norris T. Dahlen (50) died August 3, 1960 at Naeve Hospital, Albert Lea,
Minnesota.  The funeral was held at the Silver Lake Church, with the
Rev. B.L. Nyjordet officiating.

He was born at Tenold in Brooklyn Twp., on August 27, 1909.  He was a
resident of Worth County all his life.  His father, Nels O. Dahlen, was
buttermaker at Tenold and Hartland creameries until 1930 when he began
farming in Silver Lake Twp.  After his father's death in 1940, he took
over the farm.  He was baptized at Bristol and confirmed at Silver Lake
in 1924.

His health began to fail in 1957.  He had been in the Cherokee State
Hospital in Dec. of 1957 and was to have returned two months ago when
he was injured in an auto accident near Spencer.

He is survived by his mother, Mary Johnson Dahlen; three brothers,
Melford, Albert Lea; Arthur, Mason City, and Merl, at home; a sister,
Mrs. Melvin (Mable) Gudvangen, Northwood; and aunt, Mrs. Hannah Ringoen
who had made her home with the Dahlens in recent years.  A brother,
Otto, died in 1945.




    Copyright 2004, Elaine Bergan