source: Douglas Filholm

Mads Jørgen(George) Filholm was born Feb. 28, 185 in Vrensted, Denmark. He was enticed to come to America by a South Dakota pioneer, who had gone back to visit his native land. He told George that people like him were badly needed in America, because he could handle horses so well.

Laretta married Art Quinn of Timber Lake in 1946, they have one son, Bob, who lives in San Francisco. Laretta lives in Kotsebue, Alaska, where she has been developing a curriculum for the Northwest Artie School District, which covers 36.000 sq. miles and has 11 isolated schools.

David married Ruth Jefferies, daughter of Jerry and Alma Jefferies, the marriage ended in devorce, their two sons, Mark and Tom, both live and work in Ruron, where Dave remarried and works as a car salesman.
After George and Charlotte quit farming, George worked for eight years at SDSU, and twelve years with the Brookings County Highway Department. Charlotte died in 1962. George, when he was no longer able to be alone lived with his daughter, Genevieve, until his death at age 80 in 1975. George and Charlotte lay at rest in Calvary Cemetary in Brookings.