Oscar Stockeland was born at Kramer, North Dakota, to George and Isabelle (Groven) Stockeland, but spent all his growing up years in Luverne, North Dakota. He was in the 164th Infantry from 1941 to 1945. After that he farmed, painted and did carpentry.
Inez (Haugen) Stockeland was born at rural Hannaford to Malena and Magnus Haugen. She attended grade school in Hannaford. Then she graduated from the Valley City State Teachers College and taught school at the Curtis School in Broadview Township, Haugen School, and the intermediate grades in Greenfield. She also taught at Argusville, North Dakota. After their children were grown and off to school, she taught kindergarten 15 years in Hannaford and since then has done substitute teaching and still enjoys that whenever called on to do so. The years she taught in the country schools, she did her own janitor work, except in the really cold and snow winters, her kind dad took pity on her, rode to school and started the fire in the stove. She always went by horse and sled in the winter and all survived. Now, it is heated cars or buses. Country school teaching is a very pleasant memory because even though you had all eight grades alone, it was like a big family belonging to you and she's happy to say she never had any big discipline problems or in the school in town, either. Programs, carnivals and pie socials in the fall were a big event looked forward to by students, parents and neighbors. Not too costly, but a lot of fun. There are so many things one could write about. She was also church organist at Union for many years and also Sunday Schoolteacher.
Oscar and she were married June 14, 1951, at the Union Lutheran Church at noon with reception following which consisted of a full meal of potatoes, chicken, salads, etc., furnished by her parents.
They lived nine years northwest of Hannaford before moving to the Carl Stromme farm where they still live. They were blessed with four children. Ione,- a beautician, married James Somsen and they live at Kensal where he works at the Arrowhead Refuge. They have four boys: Ryan, Richard, Ronald and Rory. Donald married Mary Ellen Sanden and they live on her home farm north of Luverne. They are parents of a new baby named Ashley Nicole. James married Jodi Conant and they live in Hannaford in his grandparents house and he farms his parents land. They have two daughters, Brandi Jo Clair and Chelsy Lynn. Marlene married Bradley Skjeret and they live east of Dazey and have two sons, Casey and Jesse.
Bradley is a farm laborer.
They have many blessings to be thankful for in their life together.
Source: Hannaford Area History North Dakota Centennial 1889 - 1989 Page 235