Ole and Oleanna Sletten

Pioneers Ole and Oleana (Johnson) Sletten came from Aamodt Osterdalen, Norway to what is now Lenora Township in 1883, homesteading on the NW quarter of Section 29.  They were the first members of the Ottowa Lutheran Church.  Oleana was a midwife and assisted Dr. Flato with his cases.

There were four children in the family: 

John, Otto, Thea and Olava.  The family later settled in Romness Township.

John Sletten married Sisel Idsvoog in 1890's.  They had two sons, Otto and Oscar.  Oscar died at the age of 17 in the US Navy.  Otto married Clara Knutson in 1922 and settled in Lenora Township in 1942 on S 1/2 of Section 33.  They had two children: 

Orpha (Mrs. Arnold Stokkeland) and Arnold.  Arnold married Freda Engen and lives on the home place in Lenora Township.  Mrs. Otto (Clara) Sletten passed away in June 1974.

Otto Sletten married Maria Bakken and settled in Pekin, North Dakota

Thea Sletten married John Gunderson and they settled in Romness Township.

Olava Sletten married Torval Gunderson and they also settled in Romness Township.

Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976  Page 348