Clarence Ostlie died on Sunday, September 27, 2015 at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale, MN at the age of 92.
Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, October 2, 2015 at 1:00 P.M. at Immanuel Lutheran Church near Watson, MN with Vicar Linda Estling officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday from 5 - 7 P.M. with a prayer service at 6:45 P.M. at the Anderson-TeBeest Funeral Home in Montevideo and for one hour prior to services at the church.
Clarence Theodore Ostlie was born on September 5, 1923 on the family farm in Rosewood Township in rural Montevideo, Chippewa County, Minnesota to Albert Theodore and Cora (Lund) Ostlie. He was confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tunsberg Township and graduated from Montevideo High School in 1942. He attended the University of Minnesota at Windom College in Montevideo for two years prior to pursuing a career in farming. On November 4, 1951 he was united in marriage to Evelyn Folkestad at Trinity Lutheran Church in Montevideo. They lived and farmed in Rosewood Township until moving into Montevideo about seven years ago. He was an active life-long member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and served as Rosewood Township Assessor for many years. His diverse interests included vegetable gardening, Indian artifact and rock hunting, sports, nature, music, and adoring his grand- and great grandchildren. He participated in church choirs and the Montevideo Community Band, and was a member of the Sons of Norway, Indian History Hunters, and Chippewa County Historical Society. In his earlier years, he was a softball pitcher with the Montevideo Implement, Cerro Gordo, and other local fastpitch softball teams; his opponents often remarked how he could make the softball dance.
He actively participated in bowling leagues, most notably with the Watson Farmers Elevator team.
He is survived by six children: Kenneth (Norma) Ostlie of Shoreview, MN; Janet (Robert) Leifeld of Estherville, IA; Brian (Louise) Ostlie of Truman, MN; Wayne (Michelle) Ostlie of Stillwater, MN; Paul (Lori) Ostlie of Decorah, IA; and Karen (Gregg) Pattison of Garden Grove, IA; sixteen grandchildren: Derrick and Kaitlin Ostlie; Daniel (Kristi) Reis, Jonathan (Laura) Reis; Mitchell Leifeld; Andrew, Brittney (William) Farris, Seth, Krysta and Sarah Ostlie; Dakota Ostlie; Eric, James and Thomas Ostlie; and Kyle and Katherine Pattison; four great-grandchildren: Hunter, Kaia, and Elle Reis and Emerson Reis; a sister, Sylvia Lee of Dawson, MN; five sisters-in-law: Lillian Ostlie of Montevideo, Lorraine Widme of Pillager, MN, June (Claus) Peterson of Montevideo, Kornelia Folkestad of Park Rapids, MN, and Beverly Folkestad of Bloomington, MN; a brother-in-law, Mark Folkestad of Eagan, MN; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Evelyn; three brothers: Roy, Floyd (Maribelle) and Earl Ostlie; two sisters: Alice Ostlie and Doris (Stanley) Folkestad; brothers-in-law: Thornie Lee, Robert Widme, Merald and Dewey Folkestad.