Hazel lost? Hardly

Hovde to speak on Norwegian roots during Journey series (entire article)

By Matt Bewley (Contact) The Daily Journal

Personal insights provide the clearest window into the past. Hazel Hovde, whose parents emigrated separately from Norway more than a century ago, will share her stories of growing up Norwegian in America at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 22, at the Pelican Rapids Library.

Hazel Hovde’s parents emigrated separately from Norway. Her father came over in 1882, when he was 6 years old and her mother in 1902, when she was 21. Hovde grew up on a farm about 12 miles south of Ryder, N.D.

“My first language was Norwegian,” she said. “My sister, who was four years older, taught me to read and write when she came home from school.”

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