- Date Of Birth: September 1, 1924
- Date Of Death: December 8, 2019
- State: Minnesota
Belva Gulbranson Larson was born on September 1, 1924 to Elling Gulbranson and Sena Andrina (Gorvin) Gulbranson. She died peacefully at home surrounded by family on December 8 after a long battle with cancer. She was 95 years old.
Belva was raised on a farm near Bagley, MN. She went to grade school in Zerkel, MN and high school in Bagley, MN. On March 3, 1943 she married Gordon Larson in International Falls, MN. In 1951 Belva and Gordon moved to Mountain Iron, MN where they raised their six children. In April of 2000 they moved to Virginia, MN where they lived the remainder of their 61 years together.
She is survived by her children: Gary (Jacalyn) Larson of Lake Vermilion, MN, David (Wendy Schmitz) Larson of New York Mills, MN, Darlene Anderson of Britt, MN, James Larson of Crystal, MN and June (Gary) Berry of Excelsior, MN; grandchildren: Linda, Allen, Justin, Lara, Shannon, Corey, Lauren, Kelly, Eric and Angeline, 14 Great-grandchildren with a 15th arriving in the spring and 5 great-great grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her siblings: Ida, Olga, Alice, Myrtle, Gilbert and George, her husband Gordon, her daughter Margaret Louise Maki and her great-grandson Dragon Stuart Larson.
