“God was always part of my life whether I realized it or not,” said Sam Mortenson, who turned 96 on September 6.Born in 1928 in the coal country of northwest North Dakota near Noonan and Crosby, Mortenson was the middle of five children. In 1936, the family moved 500 miles to a farm at Pierpont, SD, east of Aberdeen. His mother died when he was nine and his father did the best he cou...
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