Obit: Matson, Victor (1869? - 1949)

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Surnames: MATSON EWALD OLSON JOHNSON KELTY VLETERSON

----Sources: Marathon County Register (Unity, Clark Co., Wis.) 01/14/1949

Matson, Victor (1869? - 9 Jan. 1949)

Victor Matson, 80, a former Unity resident, died Sunday night at 10 o’clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ferdinand Ewald, Detroit, Mich.

The body was taken to the Lulloff Funeral Home at Colby where funeral services were held at 1 P.M. Thursday followed by another service at 2 P.M. Rev. J. A. Olson officiated and burial was made in the Lutheran Cemetery.

Mr. Matson was born in Finland. Most of his life was spent on a farm in Unity except for the past five years when he resided at the home of his daughter in Detroit.

Six children survive, Mrs. Ferdinand (Emma) Ewald, Mrs. Clara Vleterson and Edward Matson, all of Detroit; Mrs. Emil (Altha) Johnson, Spencer; and Mrs. William (Florence) Kelty and Albert, Unity.