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Kan dette vere ein son av Ole C. Batalden?*****Gazette, The (Colorado Springs, CO) - August 20, 2000--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Deceased Name: CLEMENT O. BATALDENMr. Batalden, 94, a former Colorado Springs resident, died Aug. 17, 2000, in Buffalo, Wyo. He was a farmer and former officeholder at the Austin Bluffs AARP.Mr. Batalden was born Nov. 9, 1905, in Lamberton, Minn., to Ole and Anna Batalden, who are deceased. He was married Sept. 14, 1933, to Margaret Brand, who is deceased.He is survived by two sons, Arlyn and David; two daughters, Mary Rishavy and Marilyn Batalden; a brother, Norris; a sister, Arlene Burbank; seven grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother and two sisters.Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Adams Funeral Home Chapel, Buffalo, (307) 684-2251. Interment will be in the Rest Haven Memorial Cemetery, Windom, Minn.Memorial contributions may be made to the Wesleyan Church Hephzibah Children's Home, in care of Adams Funeral Home, 351 North Adams Ave., Buffalo, WY 82834.

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Star Tribune: Newspaper of the Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN) - January 20, 2007--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Deceased Name: Batalden, Abner Bennet98, son of Antonette Sletvold and Christian Olson Batalden, died on Jan. 18, 2007, in Hanover, NH. Born in Lamberton, MN on September 10, 1908, he grew up in Windom, MN and graduated in 1935 from Augsburg College in Minneapolis, MN. During his college years he worked his way around the world and taught English for a year in the Philippines before returning to Augsburg to direct an employment service for needy students during the depression. In a life marked by deep religious faith and commitment to social justice, he worked for the Lutheran Church and Augsburg College. He held positions as manager of the Messenger Press (Lutheran Free Church) and director of alumni relations for Augsburg College. From 1963 to 1976, he served as representative of Lutheran World Relief working in partnership with local agencies and other non-profit organizations to advance community and economic development in South Korea, South Vietnam, India, and Bangladesh. Returning to Minnesota, he was employed by Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service in resettling Indochinese refugees. His later work at Augsburg College included fundraising for a handicapaccessible campus and for the Scandinavian Center. His publications included A Student Pilgrimage (an account of a tour of the Augsburg quartet to Norway in 1935), Christmas Echoes (a co-edited annual publication of the Messenger Press), Our Fellowship (1947, an edited volume on the Lutheran Free Church) The Social Ministry of the Lutheran Church in Korea (1976), Because You Cared (1992, a coauthored account with his wife Martha of their work for Lutheran World Relief), and Christian Olson Batalden and the Founding of the Batalden Family in America (1994, a narrative of his father's immigration from the Norwegian Batalden Islands). He lived most of his life in Minnesota where he loved gardening and berry- picking-connections to his early childhood life on the farm. His last years were spent in the Harvest Hill Retirement Community of Lebanon, NH and Kendal-at-Hanover of Hanover, NH. He was a life-long member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, MN and during his last years, worshipped at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Hanover, NH. In 1939, he married Martha Bjornstad, his beloved partner for more than 62 years until her death in 2002. He was deeply devoted to his family and is survived by two sons and daughters- in-law, and their families - Paul and LaVonne of Lebanon, New Hampshire, and Stephen and Sandra of Tempe, Arizona. He leaves two granddaughters, two grandsons, and their families: Maren, Alta Tarala, and great- grandson Amos; Sonja, Christian Scharen, and great-grandchildren Isaiah and Grace; Peder, Young Mee Choi, and great-granddaughter Elsa; and Karl and Reba. He is preceded in death by his parents and nine siblings. A memorial service will be held at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Hanover, NH at 2 p.m. on, Saturday, February 17, 2007. Memorials may be sent to The Batalden Applied Ethics Fund, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN 55454 or Lutheran World Relief 700 Light Street, Baltimore, MD 21230..

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Star Tribune: Newspaper of the Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN) - February 2, 2007--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Deceased Name: Abner Batalden aided people in several nations The Lutheran World Relief leader advanced community and economic development in Asia.Abner (A.B.) Batalden, a relief worker and Minnesota native who helped to restore lives in several war-torn and poverty-mired nations, died in Hanover, N.H., on Jan. 18.The longtime Minneapolis resident, who had moved to New Hampshire seven years ago, was 98.Batalden was born in Lamberton, in southwestern Minnesota, and was a graduate of Augsburg College in Minneapolis.He inspired many in and out of the Lutheran Church to do good in the world, said Garry Hesser, professor of sociology and urban studies at Augsburg. 'He walked the talk of what Augsburg and the Lutheran tradition hold up as living a life with a sense of call,' said Hesser.From 1963 to 1976, Batalden served as representative of Lutheran World Relief. In conjunction with other relief groups, he played leadership roles in community and economic development in South Korea, South Vietnam, India and Bangladesh.In 1969, he returned from his post in South Vietnam to the Twin Cities for a visit.While the country was divided over the war, Batalden had advice for young people. In a Jan. 4, 1969, article in the Minneapolis Star, he proposed that youths who objected to military service should help repair war damage in South Vietnam.During his college years in the 1920s, Batalden played lineman on Augsburg's championship football team. But he left school to work his way around the world.He taught English for a year in the Philippines before returning to Augsburg, where he directed an employment service for needy students during the Depression. He graduated with an English degree in 1935.In 1939 he married Martha Bjornstad. She died in 2002.While Batalden was on relief missions, Martha was often by his side, helping victims of poverty and war.When Batalden returned to Minneapolis about 30 years ago he worked for the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, helping in the resettlement of Indochinese refugees.As a volunteer at Augsburg, he raised most of the money to break down architectural barriers to people with handicaps, said Hesser. The improvements were made in the late 1970s, before accessibility was required by law, Hesser added.He is survived by sons Paul, of Lebanon, N.H., and Stephen, of Tempe, Ariz.; four grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.Services will be held in Hanover on Feb. 17. A memorial service in the Twin Cities is being planned.

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Duluth News-Tribune (MN) - July 24, 2002--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Deceased Name: MARTHA THERESA (BJORNSTAD) BATALDENMartha Theresa (Bjornstad) Batalden, 88, died on July 22, 2002, at the Alice Peck Day Extended Care Facility, Lebanon, New Hampshire.She was a national leader of Lutheran church women, coworker with her husband Abner in overseas international development, and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Born in Duluth, MN., to Scandinavian immigrant parents, she was the third of five daughters. She attended the University of Minnesota Duluth, and worked as a dental assistant. In 1939, she married her life partner, Abner Batalden, and raised a family in Minneapolis, MN. While in Minneapolis she was elected president of the Women's Missionary Federation (WMF) of the Lutheran Free Church and southeast Minnesota district president of the American Lutheran Church Women (ALCW). Martha Batalden served with her husband from 1963 to 1976 in Lutheran World Relief development work in Korea, Vietnam, India, and Bangladesh. She continued her volunteer activities at Children's Hospital in Seoul, the USO in Saigon, and in New Delhi, where she was president of the American Women's Club. After returning from Bangladesh, she traveled and spoke widely on behalf of the work of Lutheran World Relief. Martha and her husband co-authored a book about their experiences abroad, Because You Cared (Mpls., 1992). In 1999, she and her husband moved to Lebanon, NH., where they have most recently been residents of Harvest Hill.Mrs. Batalden is survived by her husband, Abner; sons and daughters-in-law, Paul and LaVonne (Lebanon, NH.), and Stephen and Sandra (Tempe, AZ.); grandchildren, Maren, Sonja (Christian Scharen), Peder (Young Mee Choi), and Karl, and great-grandchildren, Isaiah and Grace Scharen; and two sisters, Else Bjornstad and Elizabeth Luukkonen.A MEMORIAL SERVICE: will be held at Trinity Lutheran Congregation in the Hoversten Chapel, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, at 1:30 PM on August 24. Memorials in her honor may be given to the Batalden Ethics Fund at Augsburg College, 2211 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454, or to Lutheran World Relief, 700 Light Street, Baltimore, MD 21230.

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