Andre E. Ostberg came to Norway Township from Norway, Europe when a young man. He established a home in the southwest quarter of Section 10, where he broke sod with an ox team. He was one of the first three charter members of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church.
Theodore L. Ostberg, his son, was born in 1872 and was deceased in 1912. Miss Gustava Wennerstein was born in Stockholm in Sweden in 1876, and came to America in 1903. They were married in 1905. They reared three sons.
Theodore, Melvin and Haywood. Ted, as he is best known, lives on and farms the homestead, with his mother. Haywood lives in Spring Valley, California. Melvin, also of Spring Valley, was deceased in July, 1961.
Melvin married Miss Bessie Funk of Jamestown, Kansas. They reared three sons, and there are five grandchildren.
Ted is a trustee of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church where his grandfather was a charter member.
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