Esther Anderson was born January 5, 1907 at the farm home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theo. S. Anderson. She was baptized May 19, 1907. She attended grade school in Laketown Township and finished High School in Dazey in 1926. She went to confirmation under Pastor Sweningson and worked at the cafe in Dazey known then as the John Carlson Cafe.
She was united in marriage to William Weller, Dazey, son of Gotlieb and Caroline Weller on June 30, 1928, at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Dazey, Reverend I. O. Jacobson was pastor at that time. After their marriage, they were employed at the John Oppegaard farm and the Ray Kuder farm and also the Gotlieb Weller farm. Bill started work at Hannaford in 1934 and Esther joined him in 1935.
Hannaford garage was first owned by H. F. Cole. His part owner was Peder Falstad.
Peter Bryn of Dazey and Harry Schwenger then purchased it in May 1932. They in turn rented it to Ole Stai (Ole Jorgenson and Algot Lind worked for him). Harry Schwenger sold out his partnership to Peter Bryn. Bill Weller then went to work for Peter in the fall of 1934. In February 1942 he purchased the garage from Mr. Bryn. In 1961, Bill leased the garage to Marcus Hook and his son. At this time, Bill began working for Reiten Manufacturing in Cooperstown. In 1970, the garage was sold to Myron Adams.
Before coming to Hannaford, Bill worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad in San Francisco, California
Those who were employed at Bill's garage during his ownership were Ingmar Opphoen, Montana, John Mickleson, Dazey, Trygve Loberg, Herb Steinborn, Dan Larson and others.
The Hannaford garage was under the ownership of Bill Weller for 27 years.
Esther and Bill enjoyed children very much. Their home was always open to them. Esther's hobbies were crocheting and knitting, babysitting, etc.
Bill enjoyed fishing and hunting and he took great pride in his hunting dogs. Bill and Esther took several hunting trips to South Dakota. Bill also ran many of the steam engines for steam threshing festivals in the fall.
Perhaps an interesting incident of theirs is how they met. Esther's father introduced Bill to her on their kitchen step at her home west of Dazey.
They are members of the Faith Lutheran Church, Hannaford and Esther is very active in Auxiliary and other offices of the ALCW.
Bill's health started failing in 1974. He passed away on February 3, 1975. Bill was born east of Dazey in Sibly Trail Township March 3, 1901. He received his education in Sibley Trail School. He also attended the Agricultural College in Fargo.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 162