NameOle Michael Jakobson Stolee
Birth24 Sep 1871, Skaare, Karmsund, Norway
Immigration1886, Boston, Middlesex Co, MA
MemoCunard Steamship Line
Death24 Nov 1946, St Paul, Ramsey Co, MN
MemoCert #027241
Misc. Notes
Immigrated 1886 and ordained as a minister of the Norwegian Lutheran Church in America in 1900. Attended Augustana College 1890-1894; St. Olaf College 1894-1897 (A.B.); U. C. Seminary 1898-1900 (C.T.); Ecole de St. Marcell, Paris 1900-1901; Sorbonne, 1911; Christianna University 1911-1912; Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, NJ 1927-1928. Missionary, Ft. Dauphin, Madagascar, 1901-1909; supt. of missions 1903-1909. Professor of theology, U. C. Seminary1911-1917; Lutheran Theological Seminary, 1917-. President, United Missions, 1912-1917, 1917-; secretary, Board of Foreign Missions, 1913-1914. In France for Soldiers' and Sailors' Welfare Com., 1919; in Germany, Poland, and Russia, National Lutheran Council relief work, 1920. D. D. from Augustana Seminary, Rock Island, IL 1923. Supply pastor, Duluth, MN 1927.
Married Martha Knutson.
Spouses
Birth27 Jul 1878, Blooming Grove, Waseca Co, MN
Death17 Apr 1957, St Paul, Ramsey Co, MN
BurialHillside Cem, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, MN
Misc. Notes
[Obituary] The Minneapolis Star - Wed, 17 Apr 1957, pg 69
Services for MRS. MARTHA J. STOLEE, 78, 1413/N. Avon street, St. Paul, who died Tuesday, will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Park Lutheran church, burial in Hillside cemetery.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Lauritz (Canutta) Nerison, Jackson, Minn., and Ingeborg Stolee, Minneapolis; three sons, Gullik R., Minneapolis; the Rev. Jacob T., Hibbing, and Erling H., St. Paul; a brother, Joseph Saltbold, Camrose, Alberta, Can.; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Reviewal will be at Swanson funeral home, Minneapolis, until 10 a.m. Saturday, and at the church previous to the service.
Marriage27 Jun 1900, Blooming Grove, Waseca Co, MN