The Ladies’ Aid of the First Scandinavian Lutheran Church will be entertained at the home of Mrs. I. Nygaard, 1217 Bixby Avenue, on Wednesday afternoon at 2.30. (Nov 11, 1910)
Ingbrit Nygard (1912-1913) (1918-1919)
Mr. and Mrs. I. Nygaard returned this morning from the Twin Cities where they attended the amalgamation convention of the Norwegian Lutheran churches. (June 12, 1917)
Mrs. I. Nygaard, 1217 Bixby Avenue, will entertain the Ladies Aid society of the First Scandinavian Lutheran church, Wednesday afternoon at her home. A cordial invitation is extended to all. (Aug 14, 1917)
Ingbrit Nygaard (1920-1921)
Elmer I. Nygaard, eight years and four months of age, died Wednesday morning at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. Nygaard. 1217 Bixby avenue. He is survived by his parents and three brothers. Funeral services will be held at home Friday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock. The funeral will be private. (July 7, 1921)
The beautiful new home being erected by I. Nygaard at 1217 Bixby Avenue is nearing completion and is now ready for the plasterers. (1922) Mrs. Nygaard moved from Bemidji in 1934.
The residence was next occupied by Rev. G. W. Sanstead (1927-18); Rev. Joseph C. Mattson (1934-1942); Rev. Blomquist (1951); Rev. Donald Conrad (1956) and Rev. Vernon Nelson.
It was then owned by Lloyd Kuhrke, manager of People’s Natural Gas. Lloyd Kurhke was named local manager of Peoples Gas Company in June 1967. Peoples purchased the assets of Bemidji Gas Co., a subsidiary of Solar Gas Inc., of Minneapolis last January, 1967. The system in Bemidji serves approximately 700 customers. In another personnel assignment, Lowell Ayres has been named operations manager in Bemidji and will assist Kuhrke in various Peoples activities. (June 28, 1967)
Lloyd Kuhrke was the representative for Bemidji Dairy, distributor of Oak Grove in 1973. He was retired but still at this address in 1989.