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Carol Berg Interview, 2005
Carol Berg
In this interview, Carol (Lamb) Berg talks about life as a student at the West Central School of Agricultural, where she graduated from in 1945. Mrs. Berg worked as a WCSA faculty stenographer from 1946 through 1947. Carol and her husband Charles met while both were attending WCSA. The couple were married in 1948, and raised seven children on a farm near Chokio.
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Charles Berg Interview, 2005
Charles Berg
n this interview, Charles Berg talks about life as a student at the West Central School of Agricultural, where he graduated from in 1945, and attended the WCSA Advanced Class in 1946. Charles and his wife Carol met while both were attending WCSA. The couple married in 1948 and raised seven children on a farm near Chokio. Charles served in the Minnesota senate for 26 years.
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Ruth Jesness Interview, 2005
Ruth Jesness
Ruth (Ross) Jesness graduated from WCSA in 1935, and attended the WCSA Advanced Class in 1936. She worked as an occupational therapist at the Fergus Falls State Hospital from 1936-1941, and then transferred to the newly opened Moose Lake facility. She married the barber from Moose Lake, who died three years later of a heart attack. Ruth worked as a seamstress to support her infant son, and later they moved to Michigan where she worked in the defense plant riveting B-24 bombers, thus becoming a “Rosie the Riveter.” In 1949, Ruth married Roy Jesness, who was a life-long farmer near Morris. The couple had two children, and Ruth took care of the home and made commercial jewelry. She and her children operated a concession stand at the Minnesota State Fair for over 23 years.
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Lois Johnson Interview, 2005
Lois Johnson
Lois (Hennen) Johnson graduated from WCSA in 1947. Immediately following graduation, she worked at the Stevens County Hospital as a nurse’s aide, later as an LPN. She married Kenneth Johnson in 1952 and the couple moved to the Twin Cities, returning to Donnelly in 1956 to raise their three children. Lois returned to the Stevens County Hospital in 1957 and worked there as the newborn nursery nurse until her retirement in 1995.
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Hazel Krueger Interview, 2005
Hazel Krueger
Hazel (Winter) Krueger attended WCSA (fall 1940-spring 1941) as an Advanced Student enrolled in the business course. From 1941-1944, she was secretary to WCSA Superintendent Theodore Fenske. She married Leroy Krueger, raised a daughter, and continued her career as a legal secretary to Attorney Tom Stahler (later Judge Stahler) in Morris, from 1948 until her retirement in 1983.
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Walter Mumm Interview, 2025
Walter Mumm and Naomi Skulan
In this oral history, Walter Mumm discusses his time as a student at the West Central School of Agriculture from 1943-1947. He discusses his early schooling in rural Swift County, then his time at the West Central School of Agriculture in Morris, MN, and his interactions as an alumnus of the school.
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