Helga Nygaard Tunby
Helga Nygaard Tunby was born near Houghton, South Dakota, on April 15, 1892. Her parents were Marius and Hanna Nygard who had come from Norway to Houghton, Brown County, South Dakota, where they lived on a farm. When she was six years old the family returned to South Dakota except Helga and her brother. When she returned to the United States, from finishing high school in Norway, she attended St. Luke’s Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota. During WWI, she served with the Red Cross at Camp Dodge, Iowa and was discharged soon after the armistice was signed on November 11, 1918.
After she was discharged from the Red Cross she married Rony Tunby in Houghton, South Dakota, on June 17, 1919. They lived on a farm near Houghton until in the spring of 1925 when they moved to Montana. Helga gave birth to ten children, two died in infancy. The four older children were born by the time they left South Dakota. They lived in Westmore, Montana, for a short while, then moved to the farm about four miles north.
After she was discharged from the Red Cross she married Rony Tunby in Houghton, South Dakota, on June 17, 1919. They lived on a farm near Houghton until in the spring of 1925 when they moved to Montana. Helga gave birth to ten children, two died in infancy. The four older children were born by the time they left South Dakota. They lived in Westmore, Montana, for a short while, then moved to the farm about four miles north.
Credits: Samantha Duke, Kenzie Davis, Alaric Worman
Citations:
O’ Fallon Flashbacks. Western Printing & Lithography, 1975.
Helga Nygaard Tunby. Find a grave, www.findagrave.com/memorial/104709760/helga-tunby.
Citations:
O’ Fallon Flashbacks. Western Printing & Lithography, 1975.
Helga Nygaard Tunby. Find a grave, www.findagrave.com/memorial/104709760/helga-tunby.