Obit: Larson, Mathea #2 (1869 - 1954)
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Surnames: Larson, Odland, Amundson, Olson, Bakke, Thompson, Hansen,
Kramer
----Source: Abbotsford Tribune
(Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 03/04/1954
Larson, Mathea (21 Aug. 1869 - 3 Mar.
1954)
Funeral services for Mrs. Lars Larson,
84, who died at her home, Wednesday morning at 1:30 will be held
Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the Evangelical and
Reformed church at Curtiss, with the Rev. O. K. Odland officiating.
Burial will be made in the church cemetery. The body will lie in
state at the Zink Funeral home until Saturday.
Mrs. Larson was born Mathea Amundson, in
Norway, Aug. 21, 1869. In July of 1888, she and her older sister,
Anna, came to live with their aunt, Mrs. Hans Olson in the town of
Hull. On Sept. 1, 1888 she was married to Lars Larson at Amherst
and the young couple came to live on the farm, west of Abbotsford,
where she had resided until her death.
Last July, Mrs. Larson fractured her hip,
but was only seriously ill since Sunday.
Mrs. Larson was a member of the
Evangelical and Reformed church and the Ladies’ Aid, of
Curtiss.
She is survived by nine children: Mrs.
Albert (Louise) Bakke and Mrs. Arthur (Alma) Thompson, of Curtiss;
Martin, at home; Mrs. Marius (Agnes) Hansen of Seymour; Oscar, of
Woodburn, Ore.; Emma, Wausau; Mabel, of Menasha; Mrs. Kenneth
(Helen) Kramer, of Belleville; and Malcolm, of Weyauwega.
There are 14 grand children and seven
great grand children. One brother, at Clam Lake and two brothers in
Norway, also survive. Mr. Larson died March 28, 1934, and a
daughter, Ruth, in 1930.
All of the children will be here for the
funeral, except a son, Oscar, who was here to visit his mother last
October.
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