Charles LeRoy Sanderson

Charles LeRoy Sanderson - burial

Ole and Mari Finnestad's great grandson, Charles LeRoy Sanderson was born to Ellen Marie (Vallem) and Seward Sanderson on May 13, 1913 in Lee county, Illinois.

Charles married Lucille Marion Mark in Alta, Buena Vista county, Iowa sometime in 1938. Marion was born August 29, 1912 in Alta, Iowa.

Charles passed away on May 24, 2003 in Rockford, Winnebago county, Illinois and was buried at the Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Machesney Park, Illinois.

Here is a photo of the Sanderson plot.

Here is a photo of Lucille and Charles' marker.

Lucille passed away March 6, 2006 in Rockford, Illinois. Here is a closeup of her inscription.

Here is a closeup of Charles' inscription.

Here is a photo of the entrance to Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

Here is a map of the cemetery.

Lucille and Charles were buried in the Lutheran East section.

Charles' grandparents were Rachel (Finnestad) and Lewis P Vallem.

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Ole Finnestad Jr obituary

Here is the obituary for my great, great grandfather, Ole Finnestad Jr from the Dixon Evening Telegraph of July 9, 1928. Note the misspelling of his first and last name, though Finnestad was spelled correctly within the content of the article. You will also note that his brother Rasmus had moved from Canada to Washington by the time of his brother's death. Oddly, there is no mention of the sisters that survived him, leading me to believe they may have lost touch by the time of his death.

Kenneth and Lillian Finnestad obituaries

I have had previously posted the obituary for my great great grandfather Ole Finnestad several posts back. I have not yet been able to locate an obituary for my great grandparents Oliver and Mary Finnestad, though here are the obituaries for my grandparents, Kenneth and Lillian Finnestad.

Finnestad Farm - Stavanger, Norway

It was customary in Norway to take the farm name as the family name. Prior to arriving in America, Ole Finnestad was known as Ole Olson. According to the Regional State Archives of Stavanger, in 1862, Ole Olsen bought a farm from Bjørn Larsen. The following link provides some farm information along with the family members in 1865: http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=59&filnamn=f61126&gardpostnr=582&sokefelt=vis “Merknad 387b” now means property nr. 16 of the farm Finnestad. (Please keep in mind that accuracy of records is less than perfect - so ages and other information are not always correct) For more information on Stavanger and a map of the area, please go to the following wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stavanger

Finnestad Ancestry

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