"Sisters"

Photo of Julia & Alice

Julia was born in Watson, Minnesota, in  1901.  She moved with her family to Binford when she was 4 years old.

Hans' and Anne's oldest daughter worked in the Binford telephone office beginning when she was 15. Julia and her sister Alice moved to Fargo. There she not only worked as an operator for the phone company in Fargo, but also handled training for operators in outlying offices.

She married Harold Skrove in 1926. They had three children.

In 1968 she and Harold retired and moved from their farm outside Horace, North Dakota to Colorado.

 Julia died in 1980.   

Record of Baptism (Zion Lutheran, Watson MN)

Record of Confirmation (Trinity Lutheran, Binford ND)

Julia on the 1915 Women's Basketball Team

1925 Census     1930 Census      1940 Census    1950 Census

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Julia and Harold are buried in  Grandview Cemetery,

Fort Collins, Colorado.

Son

James Skrove