Obit: Hendrickson, Joseph (1864 - 1942)

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Surnames: Hendrickson, Olson, Snowberg, Seefleldt, Schmidt

----Sources: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 10/22/1942

Hendrickson, Joseph (27 Dec. 1864 - 16 Oct. 1942)

Funeral services for Joseph Hendrickson, age 77, who died Friday morning at the home of his son, Edwin, four miles southwest of Unity, Wis., were conducted Sunday afternoon at the Trinity Lutheran church at Unity, Rev. J. A. Olson officiating, and burial was made in the church cemetery.

Mr. Hendrickson was born in Uttermossa, Finland, on Dec. 27, 1864, and came to this country in 1889. He was married in Minneapolis to Anna K. Snowberg on Sept. 3, 1892, and came to Unity the same year. Mrs. Hendrickson died July 19, 1940.

Surviving are five children, Mrs. Fred Seefeldt, Mrs. Albert Seefeldt and Edwin and Alfred Hendrickson, all of Unity, Wis., and Mrs. Art Schmidt of Colby, Wis. Also a brother, John Hendrickson, in Montana and 14 grand children and five great grand children. He was preceded in death by two sons and three sisters.