----Source: Greenwood Library Scrapbook Collection, Marshfield News Herald 09/ /1962

Krogness, Olaf (1885 - 1962)

GREENWOOD--Olaf Krogness, 77, Greenwood, Clark County, died at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial Hospital in Neillsville, where he had been a patient for about three weeks. The cause of death was given as a cerebral thrombosis.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church with the Rev. Arvid Myhrwold officiating. Burial will be a made in the Greenwood Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Hill Funeral Home from 3 p.m. Friday until 11 a.m. Saturday, when the body will be taken to the church.

Mr. Krogness was born Aug. 9, 1885 in Cambridge. His wife, the former Elizabeth Engelbretsen, DIED April 1, 1958. Mr. Krogness farmed in the Greenwood area for many years.

He is survived by four sons, Conrad, Emory and Stewart, all at home, and Arthur, Menomonee Falls; two grandchildren two brothers, Carl Krogness, Greenwood; and Adolph Krogness, Sioux City, Iowa.