Given as typed. Words in [square brackets] are ours.
The obituary
Carl Amoth of Moscow Township, came to Langdon on Tuesday afternoon with a delegation from that Township, and from Wales and Minto Township, to meet with county officials regarding some needed improvements in roads for that district. The day was cold and chilly and after reaching Langdon Mr. Amoth and others went into Manson Brother’s to get some coffee and a lunch. While eating lunch Mr. Amoth was taken with a stroke that left one side of his body helpless. Dr. G. E. Stromberg was quickly summoned, and he advised taking Mr. Amoth to the home of his brother-in-law, Ludwig Pederson as quickly as possible. For a few minutes Mr. Amoth was conscious and was able to speak. Later, he became unconscious and did not revive. He passed away on Wednesday morning at about six o’clock.
From the first examination the physician considered his case very serious, but the friends and neighbors could hardly realize that he had been fatally stricken. A little over a year ago Mr. Amoth was quite ill for a long time and spent several weeks in Langdon taking treatments. Since that time he had been at home and, so far as any of the members of the family knew, felt better this spring than he had for a considerable length of time. His sudden and entirely unexpected death at this time is a severe shock to the members of the family and a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. Mr. Amoth is numbered among the early settlers in Moscow Township and since locating there has been a substantial and highly respected citizen. His passing will be keenly felt by all in that district and is a distinct loss to the entire county.
Carl Amoth was born at Trogstad, Norway on July 6th, 1868. He was reared in the faith of the Lutheran Church and during his entire lifetime has been a loyal member of the church and at all times could be depended upon to help in any good cause. In the year 1905, Our Savior’s Evangelical Lutheran Church of Moscow was organized by Rev. J. B. Unseth and since that time Mr. Amoth served as the secretary of the congregation.
When he was twenty years of age he came to the United States and first located at Franklin, Renville County, Minnesota. While living at Franklin, Minnesota, he married Mina Pederson on November 15th, 1893. To them were born five children, Guy, Anna, Chris, Marie and Clarice, all of whom are at home with their mother. In the fall of 1895, Mr. Amoth and his brother, Torval, decided to look over northwest and went as far as Alberta, Canada where they stayed over winter and lived in a log cabin which they built. In the spring they decided to return to the states and came back through Montana and arrived in Moscow Township on July 11, 1896, and ended a 1200 mile trip. He then took a homestead and has continously lived here since that time. During all of these twenty eight years, he has taken an active interest in public affairs. He was chairman of the board of supervisors of that township from the date of its organization in the year 1909. He was elected assessor in 1910 and has very efficiently served in that office since that time and for the past eleven years has also found time to serve on the school board of that district.
In the year 1914 he decided to take a trip to his old home in Norway and see his aged father and other relatives, who were still living there. His mother had passed away before he returned home, and his father has since died. His sisters, Mrs. Karolina Mansrud, Mrs. Anna Boltorp, and brothers, Johan and Arndt still live in Norway, other brothers are Torval of Moscow Township and Martin, who died in Moscow Township in December 1917.
The funeral services will be conducted from the home in Moscow Township on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 and from the Lutheran Church by Rev. J. O. Dahle of Nekoma at 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon. The pall bearers, old friends and neighbors of the deceased, are August Pederson, A. C. Formo, John Thom, Bert Pederson, Carl J. Olmanson and Fred Lundgren. Interment will be made in the Moscow Cemetery near the church. Those from a distance expected for the funeral are Seward Peterson of Erskine, Minnesota, Edward Peterson of Bemidji, Minnesota and some relatives from Renville County, Minnesota.
The funeral
From a clipping in the same scrapbook. Its paper and date aren’t marked; the funeral was on Sunday, May 11.
Funeral Service on Sunday Was Largely Attended
Nearly one thousand people attended the funeral service of the late Carl Amoth of Moscow township on Sunday afternoon. It was a beautiful afternoon and old friends of the deceased came from every part of the county to pay their last tribute of respect to one they had known and honored for many years. Among those present were scores of old timers, who, with Mr. Amoth, had shared the hardships and privations of pioneer life. Among those men there exists a friendship and bond of sympathy that others cannot fully appreciate.
A brief service was conducted from the home and the remains were then taken to the church in Moscow township. The services were conducted by Rev. T. O. Dahle, pastor of the congregation, and Rev. Mr. Brevik of Adams, a former pastor of the church and an intimate friend of the Amoth family. During the course of his remarks, Mr. Brevik called particular attention to the fine christian life led by Mr. Amoth and the sterling qualities of manhood and citizenship that prompted every act of his life in dealing with his fellow men. Music was rendered by the combined choirs of the Moscow Lutheran and the Langdon and Wales Methodist churches.
The remains were placed at rest in the little cemetery near the church, in the community where the best years of his life were spent, and where friends and neighbors will for years come to honor the grave and name of Carl Amoth.
Card of thanks
Words are inadequate, but we wish [to] express our sincere appreciation to [al]l who so unselfishly have helped us [in] our hour of sorrow, when husband [an]d father has been called home to [hi]s eternal rest.
The consoling words of the pastors, [th]e expressive songs chosen by the [ch]oirs, the beautiful floral offerings, [th]e kindness and thoughtfulness of [al]l awakens a glimpse of our conception of Heaven.
Accept our sincere thanks.
Mrs. Carl Amoth and Family.
How we know
- The obituary is known from a typed copy in the scrapbook, headed “This article was found in the Cavalier County Republican dated May 8, 1924.” The Republican isn’t on Newspapers.com, and the original page hasn’t been found.
- Rev. Dahle: the obituary names Rev. J. O. Dahle of Nekoma; the funeral report prints “T. O. Dahle.” The Moscow column of 1921 has Rev. and Mrs. J. O. Dahle of Nekoma, so the report’s T is probably a misprint.
- “Mrs. Karolina Mansrud” is the sister the family tree calls Nikoline, “Lina.” Anna’s married name, Boltorp, isn’t in the tree yet.
- Carl’s life is on his page, and his last years are in Days in the life of Carl and Mina Amoth.
The typed page
