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Opdahl, W. S. (William Sigurd) 1894-1975
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Opdahl, Sig
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1894-1975
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William Sigurd Opdahl was born on April 19, 1894, in South Dakota to Hogen and Mathilda Opdahl. He married Goldie Clare Burgeson on February 28, 1920, in Watertown, South Dakota. The couple initially farmed the Opdahl homestead before relocating to the Byron Sour farm near Hayti. In 1929, they moved into the town of Hayti. Sigurd farmed in Hayti and Opdahl Townships, worked as a school bus driver, briefly worked for the railroad, was employed at a California factory during World War II, and later worked for the Hamlin County Co-op Oil until retirement. He died on May 10, 1975.
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