Title: Irving Jerome Mork
Dates: 1960
Collection Number: 00774
Quantity: 2 items
Abstract: Photographs of turkeys on farm with shelters and feeding bins in background.
Provenance: The State Historical Society of North Dakota borrowed the photographs for copying and returned the originals in June 1994. Originally accessioned as 89AV045, they were separated from Department of Agriculture records.
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Biographical Sketch: Irving Jerome Mork
Irving Jerome Mork was born on March 23, 1912 in Kiester, Faribault County, Minnesota to Julius Arthur (1889-1972) and Emma Celia Gaard (1887-1976) Mork. His parents were immigrants from Norway whose native tongue was Norwegian. His brother Loren Leonides (1915-2003) was born in Eden, Winnebago, Iowa on August 24, 1915. His parents and lived and worked on Emma’s father’s farm in Hay River, Dunn County, Wisconsin in 1930. His sister Opal Berdelle (1920-2004) was born there. He married Gena Rognli on April 19, 1941 in Wisconsin. Irving enlisted in the Army on November 20, 1942 was sent to Fort Knox Kentucky for training in the Armored School Tank department. After the war he worked as an Extension agent for North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota. He became, first, a poultryman and then North Dakota State University extension wildlife conservationist. He ran many of the Extension Wildlife Camps for youth that were held at the 4-H Camp near Washburn and were sponsored by the extension service and the Society for Range Management. He was killed in a two-car accident on I-94, a mile west of South Heart, North Dakota in June of 1977. His wife Gena Rognli Mork survived him as well as a son, David Jerome Mork.
Sources:
Bismarck Tribune, Ancestry.com
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00774-00001 Turkeys with shelters and feeding bins in background
00774-00002 Turkeys on farm with shelters
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