The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1920-10-01
Mclean Co. Pioneer
Passes Away

The funeral services for the late
Hans Hultberg were held at wash
burn, Sunday afternoon, September
10th, at the NJ. F.. Church, L. X. Bur
gum officiating The quartette COM
posed Of Misses Brummuned and Olsen
and Messrs: Thompson and Blbelheim-
er sang the favorite hymns Of the de-
parted. The pallbearers were Messrs.
John Satterlund, Ole Gradin, Joseph
Mann, Hans Nygaard, Hans. Hanson
and Aug. H. Wahl. These men came
to North Dakota in the early eighties
with Mr.. Hultberg. 1t is estimated
that a thousand people, including all
the old settlers, were in attendance.
The body was laid to rest in River
view Cemetery one mile east of Wash
burn.
Hans Hultberg was born near Stock
holm, Sweden, July II, 1852, and
passed from this life at the Bismarck
Hospital, September Is, 1920. at 600
o'clock in the evening. Mr.. Hultbers
came to America ut the age of p and
located in Minnesota. In, the fall Of
1882 he came to Mclean County and
filed on homestead near the present
site of Coleharbor, being the n. w ~
~ l.
on this description until 1883, when
he went to Montana and engaged in
construction work with the Great
Northern Railroad which was then
building it's way thru the sister state.
In 1890 he returned to North Dakota
and rented the Sewald farm four miles
north Of Washburn, having in the
meantime disposed Of his homestead.
Iu 1894 he was elected Sheriff Of Nc
Lean and served two terms, retiring
in 1898. In 1897 he was married to
Freda Killian and to this union was
born one daughter, Freda Caroline
Hultberg, who survives the death Of
her father. Freda Killian Hultberg
died in 1899. At about this time Mr..
Hultberg purchased section 28-145-Sl
and began the Improvement of the
same. Subsequent to his retirement
from the Sheriff's office he was elect
ed County Commissioner and served
several years in that capacity. In
the fall of 1904 he was married to
Susanna Skaley and to them four
children were born, Clara Emilia,
Hilda Alvina, Agnes Lorena and Wal
fred Ferdinand Mrs. Hultberg and
the children, together with the daugh-
ter, Freda, accompanied Mr.. Hultberg
on his recent trip to California for the
betterlnent of his health The change
of climate,, however, was Of no avail
and the ercanceroussstuIae Of f+ytlleastom-
ach finally claimed his life Fully re-
alizing that death was awaiting him,
he made the return trip to North Da-
kota from San Diego, in the care of
his family, that he might spend his
last days where he had spent his ac-
tive years. Mr.. Hultberg has, surviv-
ing him, one brother, Peter Hultberg
of COleharbor and another brother and
two sisters in Sweden.
Hans Hultberg was pioneer of
Mclean County and was one of those
who made the sacrifice which is nee
essary in the building Of a common
wealth. He was constructive in his !
endeavors and on his farm north of !
Washburn are some Of the finest i'm
proved buildings in the state. There
still remains the remnant of the old
log cabin in which he began his work,
and the contract between the old and |
the new reminds us of what man !
can accomplish who has an objective
and is not afraid Of toll. Mr.. Hultberg