Olin Calmer Fjelstad

    Trinity Dates: 1962 - 1965

    Born: March 8, 1894, Perry Township, Dane County, Wisconsin.

    Died: September 22, 1973, Owatonna, Minnesota.

    Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Owatonna, Minnesota.

    Parents: Gunnar Johnson Fjelstad and Gurine (Julia) Syse.

    Married: Zillah H. Heisig on September 14, 1921. She died on June 24, 2001 at the age of 107!

    Ordained: 1921

    Dates and places of service:

    1915 - 1918
    		 Northwestern University Dental School, Saint Paul, Minnesota.

    1918
    		 U.S. Army Dentist

    1918 - 1921
    		 Luther Theological Seminary, Saint Paul, Minnesota.

    1921 - 1929
    		 Pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church, Saint Paul, Minnesota.

    1923 - 1925
    		 Attended Lutheran Bible Institute.

    1930
    		 Bachelor in Theology from Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minnesota.

    1929 - 1934
    		 Pastor at First Lutheran of Ellendale, Minnesota.

    1929 - 1959
    		 Pastor at Trinity Lutheran, Owatonna, Minnesota.

    1959 - 1962
    		 Interim and visitation pastorates.

    1962 - 1965
    		 Pastor at Trinity Lutheran, Blooming Prairie, Minnesota.

    1965 -
    		Interim and visitation pastorates in the Owatonna, Minnesota area.

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