Trinity Lutheran Church History

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Windows on the Past
A Confirmation Project presented in 1987 (Updated in 2003)		(full document in .pdf)

Preface

“History is most fragile. Unless remembered and preserved it is soon lost forever. Sometime early in this century, stained glass windows were donated and placed within the walls of the nave and narthex of the Church. The donors have long since died. Only their names remain on the windows as a permanent legacy of faithfulness and witness.

Three of Trinity’s confirmation students have prepared brief biographies of the people of the windows. What kind of men and women were they? What did they do at Church and in their lives? Who are their living descendants? With those questions as a starting point, this book is a valuable addition to the congregation’s history. Since 1871, Trinity Lutheran Church has proclaimed the good news of Jesus Christ to the Ishpeming area and to the world.”

~ Rev. Thomas A. Skrenes
Written in 1987

(Click on each window to read the history of its donor)

Window Number 10
Lars Hoyseth

Lars was born in Norway and was a Norwegian to the core. He put up a Norwegian flag on his flag pole. One day the police came to his house and told him that he would have to put an American flag above his Norwegian flag. Lars found a miniature version of the American flag and put it up above his large Norwegian flag.

Lars owned and worked in the Hoyseth Store, which was a market and grocery store. Lars was married to Sigrid, and they had three children together.

Two daughters were Wilhelmina and Selma, who became president of the Ladies’ Aid. Wilhelmina taught Latin in the High School for many years.

They also had one son, Eric. Lars had no grandchildren. Both Lars and Sigrid were very good members of the church. Lars Hoyseth died on June 1, 1915, at the age of 67 years.