The Albert J. Klubben Family

Albert Johannes Klubben (1895-1972) was the youngest of nine children born to Valdemar and Maria Klubben.  In 1921 he married Clara Andrea Sortland (1895), daughter of Solomon and Synova Sortland, of Litchville, North Dakota They have ' five children:

William Spencer (1922), Lyle Merton (1924), Clarice Anne (1926), Arland James (1928), and Lois Beverly (1933).

William (Bill) lives in Forman, North Dakota, and is principal of the Sargent County High School, located at Forman.  He married Mary Jane Cady in 1953.  They have six children: 

Frederic Howard Cady Klubben (1949), Paula Lynn Cady Klubben (1951), William Spencer Klubben 11 (1954), Susan Marie Klubben (1955), Kieran Albert Klubben (1956), and Eric Shawn Klubben (1960).

Lyle Merton Klubben lives in San Pablo, California He is with the United States Forest Service at San Francisco.  He married Barbara Ann Hammer in 1948.  They have three children: 

Kathleen Susan (1950), Keith Ralph Klubben (1953), Nancy Kay Klubben (1955).

Clarice Ann Klubben married Lenard Walter Bauer in 1948.  She is a registered nurse and lives in Langdon, North Dakota, where her husband is employed with the A. B. M.  They have three children: 

Lynn Waren Bauer (1949), Jo Anne Sue Bauer (1952), and David Allen Bauer (1956).

Arland James Klubben farms in Sverdrup Township.  One-half Section of the land he farms belonged to the original Valdemar Klubben farm and has been in the family since acquired.  In 1958 he married Patsy Lou Skramstad.  They have seven children: 

Kevin Edward (1959), Wade Eugene (1960), Brian Jay (1961), Arland James II (1963), Kerry Lee (1966), Patrick Alan (1967), Anthony Blaine (1973).

Lois Beverly Klubben married Bjarne Asp in 1955.

She is a music teacher and at present works as a receptionist for the Watson Ins.  Company in Fargo.  They live in Moorhead, Minnesota, where her husband heads the English Department in Moorhead High School.  They have five children: 

Sharon Naomi (1956), Daniel John (1957), Mathew Charles (1959), Andrew Michael (1962) and Joel Allen (1964).

Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 432