Jergen Soma[1]
1931 - 2019 (88 years)
Person ID: I2890 "Hessevaag-Bakke" | Last Modified: 25 Feb 2021
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Name Jergen Soma Gender Male Birth 9 Jan 1931 Cooperstown, Griggs County, North Dakota, USA 
Died 27 May 2019 Cooperstown, Griggs County, North Dakota, USA Buried Westley Cemetery, Cooperstown, Griggs County, North Dakota, USA -
Parents
Father Torger C. Soma (ID:I2889)
b. 8 Feb 1906, Griggs County, North Dakota, USA
d. 2 Jul 1955, Griggs County, North Dakota, USA (Age 49 years) Mother Inga Njaa (ID:I2885)
b. 2 Feb 1912, Cooperstown, Griggs County, North Dakota, USA
d. 3 Mar 1991, Cooperstown, Griggs County, North Dakota, USA (Age 79 years) Marriage 17 Jun 1930 Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota, USA -
Family
Wife Beverly Ann Kloster (ID:I2892)
b. 23 Aug 1927, Sharon, Steele County, North Dakota, USA
d. 25 Mar 2019, Cooperstown, Griggs County, North Dakota, USA (Age 91 years) Marriage 25 Oct 1952 Children 1. Kathy Soma (ID:I2893)
b. Yes, date unknown2. Tim Soma (ID:I2894)
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Other Personal Events
Siblings 1 sister + 1. 
Georgine Constance Soma
b. 27 Jun 1934, Cooperstown, Griggs County, North Dakota, USA
d. 27 Feb 2005, Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota, USA (Age 70 years)
▻Earl Lynnes , m. 4 Jun 1955 ; Burnett Hanson , m. 15 Dec 1990 -
Event Map
Birth - 9 Jan 1931 - Cooperstown, Griggs County, North Dakota, USA 
Died - 27 May 2019 - Cooperstown, Griggs County, North Dakota, USA 
Buried - - Westley Cemetery, Cooperstown, Griggs County, North Dakota, USA = Link to Google Earth 
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Source Citations
- [FIND-A-GRAVE] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199952614/jergen-soma.
Jergen Soma was born January 9, 1931, to Torger and Inga (Njaa) Soma of Cooperstown, ND. He died Monday, May 27, 2019, at Cooperstown Medical Center Hospital. He grew up attending Shepard School and Cooperstown School. He began farming with his father, taking over the family farm in 1955. He continued farming full time until 2000.
Jergen met the love of his life, Beverly Kloster of Sharon, ND, and married her October 25, 1952. They had 66 years together. They had two children, Kathy and Tim. Tim followed in his father’s footsteps, taking over the farm.
Jergen and Bev enjoyed going on Canadian fishing excursions as a family, travelling to Texas in their later years, and enjoying being a “go for” guy on the farm. Jergen enjoyed target shooting, hunting geese and prairie dogs, riding motorcycle, and taking rides to “check the crops,” hearing the field planting and harvesting updates.
As a young man, Jergen was active in the Civil Air Patrol, rising to the rank of second lieutenant. He served on the Shepard Elevator Board, Farmers Oil Board, Bald Hill Township Board, and was a member of Fort Atchison Rifle Club.
Jergen is survived by his children, Kathy and husband, Tom Gawronski and Tim and wife Deb Soma, all of Cooperstown; two grandchildren; four great-grandsons; sisters, Peggy (Angela Andrist) of Egan, MN, Kaarin (Toufik Bouzino) of Crosby, TX, and Karla Rislov of Badger, MN; brother, David of Mandan, ND; brothers-in-law, Sully (Linda) Kloster of Sharon, ND, and Jim (Karen) Kloster, of Mesa, AZ, and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Beverly; his parents; sister, Georgine and husband Earl Lynnes; brother-in-law, Larry Rislov; sister-in-law and brother-in-law Kitty and Ardean Nelson, and niece Paula Jacobson.
Services were Tuesday, June 4, at 2 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Cooperstown, ND. Interment was in Westley Cemetery, rural Cooperstown, ND.
Published in the Griggs County Sentinel-Courier, Cooperstown, North Dakota, June 7, 2019.