Emil D. Odegard

1884 - 1965  (81 years)

• Name	Emil D. Odegard
  Born	15 Mar 1884	Buxton, Traill, North Dakota
  Gender	Male
  Buried	1965	Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
  Died	28 Dec 1965	Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA
  Person ID	I45750	Tofterå Slettemoen
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Christian Lars. Ødegard,   b. 7 Jan 1847, Kirkenær, Grue, Hedmark ,   d. 5 Feb 1929, Fargo, North Dakota, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Karen Eriksdtr. Holt,   b. 29 Oct 1853, Hof, Solør, Hedmark ,   d. 24 Jun 1915, Buxton, Traill, North Dakota  (Age 61 years)
  Married	1875	Iowa
  Family ID	F15397	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rønnaug Olsdtr. Kirkeluten,   b. 19 Mar 1892, Kirkeluten, Hol, Hallingdal ,   d. 6 Mar 1978, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Married	1915	Anerley, Rosetown, Saskatchewan
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2026
  Family ID	F15396	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "Emil was the son of Christian L. and Karen Eriksdtr. Odegard. He attended the one room country school, Stavener #3 and was a member of Grue Lutheran Church. Emil went to Saskatchewan, Canada in 1907, with his brother Eddie (1878-1918) and two neighbors, where he filed on the NE 1/4 section 14 Township 28 West of the 3rd Meridian in the Anerly district. Next to his brother Carl Odegard (1883-1949). Emil was one of the first settlers to move into the new town of Anerly, Sask. after the railroad came through. In partnership with Greg Dunlop he built and operated the first general store in Anerly in 1913, which also contained the postoffice. Later the partnership was dissolved and Emil ran the store with the help of his brother Eddie for a few years. In 1915 Emil married Rena Olson who was born on March 19, 1892 in Hallingdal, Norway. In 1922 Emil sold the store to Hal Davison and they moved to Sherman Oaks, California where Emil ran a grocery store and Rena had a dress shop. They had no children, a niece of Rena's, Gladys (Olson) Weldon, lived with them,a nd later Norman, one of Rena's newphews made his home with them Gladys and Norman were cousins. When Emil and Rena retired they moved to Friendly Valley, Newhall, California. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in August 1965 with an open house at the Central Lutheran Church at Van Nuys, California where they were members. Emil died at Van Nuys in 1965 at the age of 81 years 9 months. Rena moved into an aparatment at Van Nuys and later to a convalescent hospital where she died in 1978. Emil and Rena are interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood, California." Source: A Viking Heritage: the Ancestral History of Lars Johannesen By-Ødegaard in Norway and His Descendants in America. Author: Odegard, Loretta, 1915-