Theodore E. Monson, 66, died December 28 in Cooperstown.

The funeral was in Trinity Lutheran church of Cooperstown, Sunday, December 31, with Pastor Robert Maharry and Marvin Williamson officiating, and burial in Sheyenne Valley Lutheran Cemetery.

Mr. Monson was born in Greenview Township, Steele County, October 20, 1907, son of the late Knute and Hannah (Rismond) Monson.

He married Nell Sansburn, June 7, 1933, and they farmed in Steele County for nine years before moving to their present farm north of Cooperstown.

Mr. Monson had been active in civic and community affairs. He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church, Worshipful Master of the Masonic Lodge, President of the Griggs County Farmers Mutual Fire and Lightning Insurance Company, President of the Griggs County Wildlife Federation

for many years a member of the hospital board, the ASC Committee, the board of the Farmers Elevator, and a member of the Eastern Star.

Besides his wife, he leaves two brothers and two sisters:

Kenneth S. Monson, Mrs. Albin (Hazel) Arneson, both Cooperstown

Mrs. Edgar (Edna) Sanger, Bell, California, and Raymond Monson, Dazey, and several nieces and nephews.

A son, Dale, preceded him in death. A58

Quam-Plaisted Funeral Homes. Griggs County Sentinel Courier, January 4, 1973.

Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 458