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HAROLD (DUTCH) SORSDAHL
Harold ?Dutch? Sorsdahl, age 93 passed away peacefully at Providence Place, on Sunday, November 3, 2002. Born in Macoun, Sask. he worked and farmed in various communities in Southern, Saskatchewan until retiring to Moose Jaw. Predeceased by his parents, three brothers and four sisters, he is survived by Leona, his wife of 66 years, brother Les; sisters: Gladys Milligan and Dorothy Sanders; daughter, Sharon (Lyle) Greiner; sons: Lyle (Hellen), Neil (Leslie), Rodger (Shirley) and Russell, twelve grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. A Memorial Service will be held at Central Lutheran Church, 27 Hochelaga St. W. on Friday, November 8, 2002 at 2:00 PM. Pastor Doug Shepherd will officiate. Cremation, with memorialization at Prairie Memorial Columbarium. Memorials to Providence Place Foundation 100-Second Ave. NE or Central Lutheran Church, would be appreciated. In living memory of Dutch, a tree will be planted in Wakamow Valley by W.J.Jones & Son Funeral Home.

August married Leona Catherine Fritz on 27 Nov 1936 in Scobey, Daniels County, MT. Leona (daughter of Peter Simon Fritz and Catherine "Kate" Louisa Klein) was born on 4 Aug 1918 in Shaunavon, RM #78, SK, Canada; died on 10 Apr 2014 in Moose Jaw, RM #131, SK, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Leona SORSDAHL
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SORSDAHL
Leona Catherine Sorsdahl (nee Fritz), passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 10, 2014 at the age of 95 years. She was predeceased by her husband, Harold; her parents; 4 brothers and 5 sisters. Leona is lovingly survived by her children: Lyle (Helen), Sharon (Lyle) Greiner, Neil (Leslie), Rodger (Shirley), and Russell; 12 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews to whom she is affectionately known as Auntie Onie. Leona was born in Shaunavon, SK and later moved to Coronach, SK where she met and married her husband in 1936. She and Harold lived and worked in several communities in Southern Saskatchewan while raising their family. In their later years they moved to the Maple Creek area, finally settling in Cypress Hills Provincial Park where they worked until their retirement. She and Harold were avid card players, dancers and bowlers. After Harold's passing, Leona continued to reside in Moose Jaw until October 2011, when she moved to Regina to be closer to family. She will be sorrowfully missed by those who knew and loved her. A Celebration of Leona's Life will be held on Monday, April 28, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. in Moose Jaw Funeral Home, 268 Mulberry Lane, Moose Jaw, SK. Flowers are gratefully declined. Friends so wishing may make donations in Leona's name to a charity of one's choice. To leave an online message of condolence, please visit the Moose Jaw Funeral Home website. Arrangements are entrusted to Moose Jaw Funeral Home, 268 Mulberry Lane. James Murdock, Funeral Director,

August married Nellie Jane Leland in 1894. Nellie was born in 1878. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 1 Apr 1879, Chepstow, Bruce, ON, Canada
• Baptism: 30 Mar 1880, Chepstow, Bruce, ON, Canada

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Peter was confirmed by RC Bishop Thomas Joseph Dowling at St. John Baptist Church in Chepstow, Ont. Peter was confirmed with the name "Erasmus". Peter and Catherine "Kate" Klein were married by Roman Catholic Priest F.A. Zettler in Chepstow, Ontario on January 23, 1906. Witnesses to their wedding were Henricus Fritz of Mt. Carmel, ND and Magdalena Klein of Chepstow, ON. Peter and Kate then moved to Wales, North Dakota, where Peter did carpenter work.

John moved in 1907 near Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, where he filed on a homestead five and a half miles southeast of Shaunavon, known 4 years later as Anglo School District #516. One of the signators of a Declaration to organize this School District was signed by Peter S. Fritz.

In 1909 Kate moved from North Dakota with children Andrew and Marie. They came by train via Moose Jaw to Gull Lake. Peter had shipped a carload of machinery, household furniture, three horses, one cow and some chickens. Our farm was 38 miles from Gull Lake, Sask. Until the railroad came in 1913, everything had to be hauled from Gull Lake, a 3-day trip. Peter built a two room house where they lived in until 1917, then moved into a two story house which Peter had built. He also built a big hip-roofed barn made of sod. He had his blacksmith forge in a front stall. They had no drinking water and Peter had to haul it from a spring about three times a week. Peter would hitch his horse "Bill" to a stone boat, which had two barrels, with wash tubs for lids. Kate (41 years old) passed away on December 2, 1922. Marie, age 13, looked after the family of 8 for six years until she married. In 1924 the barn burned and Peter built another. Peter passed away in March 1941, and son Andrew took over the farm in 1934 until December 1971 when he sold it to his son Philip and daughter-in-law Sheila.

Daughters Rita, Emma and Leona Fritz attended Anglo School in 1929 (photos of their class of 1929 can be found in the book Quarter Stake Echoes.

Peter married Catherine "Kate" Louisa Klein on 23 Jan 1906 in Chepstow, Bruce, ON, Canada. Catherine (daughter of Andrew Klein and Mary Ann Schafter) was born on 2 May 1883 in New Germany, Waterloo, ON; was christened on 10 Jun 1897 in Chepstow, Bruce, ON, Canada; died on 2 Dec 1922 in Shaunavon, RM #78, SK, Canada; was buried in 1922 in Shaunavon, RM #78, SK, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 1 May 1881, New Germany, Waterloo, ON

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Catherine was confirmed by Bishop Thomas Joseph Dowling at St. John Baptist Church in Chepstow, ON. Catherine was confirmed with the name "Louisa".