Born March 23, 1908, Severt Odegaard is the son of Ole and Sigrud Odegaard. He was born near Medina, North Dakota, on a homestead.
He was united in marriage to Florence F. Gray on October 19, 1935 at Bismarck. Florence was born October 29,
1910 at Sanborn, North Dakota, the daughter of Arthur Pierce Gray. She taught school for the first three years of their marriage. Crops being very poor, several moves were made and finally a farm was purchased in August of 1941, and on February 19, 1942, they moved onto their farmland. The previous February, their infant son died, a very disheartening occasion.
A son, Dennis O'Neil, was born July 4, 1945. Life was lively from then on.
In 1956, the Odegaards retired from farming and moved to Valley City, where Severt became the Head Custodian at the Valley City State College, retiring in 1973.
Dennis served in the Navy in Japan, and here he became married to Aiko Sacomoto from Karatsu, Japan. They have a child, David Ken, born October 10, 1970.
Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 180