Severt J. Fretheim Papers 1905-1954

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Severt J. Fretheim Papers 1905-1954

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Severt Frethim was a Lutheran minister who served churches in and around Plentywood, Montana, Scarville, Iowa, and Hayward, Minnesota. The collection contains materials related to his ministry, mostly sermons and published materials from his time in Montana, but also includes material from Iowa and Minnesota.

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University of Montana--Missoula Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections

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Fretheim, S. J. (Severt Johan), 1876-1953

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Severt Johan Fretheim was born November 5, 1876 at Hayward, Minnesota. He graduated from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, in 1907 and from Luther Seminar in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1910. From 1910 to 1919 he served as pastor to a Lutheran parish in Plentywood, Montana, where he organized fifteen congregations in Montana, North Dakota, and Saskatchewan. He was an ardent supporter of the Prohibition movement and served as chair of the Anti-Saloon and Public Welfare League of Sheridan ...

Plentywood Lutheran Church (Plentywood, Mont.)

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Rev. S. J. Fretheim was sent to the Plentywood area in 1910 by the Mission Board of the Norwegian Synod to establish a congregation. The first services were held in a schoolhouse and later in a small building called “Old Reading Room”, erected by local citizens. On February 20, 1911 an organizational meeting was held and Plentywood Lutheran Church was established. Additions were made over the years to both membership and building projects. The first parsonage was only a shack, but i...