BerLyle Lunn moved to the Hannaford Community in 1935, with his parents Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Lunn.
He graduated from Hannaford High School in 1939, and served in the Army Air Corps from 1943-1945. He was a turret gunner on a B-17 plane and flew 35 missions over Germany while stationed in England.
In 1951, he married Ruth Nelson, daughter of Nels and Ellen Nelson of Hannaford.
Ruth graduated from Hannaford High School in 1945, and worked in Chicago and Fargo until her marriage. They farmed in Greenfield and Sverdrup Townships until his death in 1981. Ruth now lives on the farm in Sverdrup Township.
They had two children. Cheryl (Mrs. Jay Krueger) of Wahpeton, and Dianne Lunn of Wimbledon.
Source: Hannaford Area History North Dakota Centennial 1889 - 1989 Page 198