Obit: Lundahl, Grace (1891 - 1961)

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Surnames: Lundahl, Phaneuf, Engler, Morrow, Lukas, Wilhelmi, Bell

----Source: ABBOTSFORD TRIBUNE (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 11/23/1961

Lundahl, Grace (26 FEB 1891 - 18 NOV 1961)

Funeral services for Mrs. George Lundahl, 70 years old, who died at her home of cancer at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, were held Tuesday afternoon.  The body lay in state at the Polnaszek Funeral Home until noon when it was taken to Christ Lutheran Church, of which church she was a member.

The Rev. F. H. Sprengler officiated at the 2 o’clock services, during which Miss Dorothy Kieser and Mrs. Weldon Brown Jr. sang "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Softly and Tenderly."

Pallbearers for the interment, which was made in Memorial Cemetery at Dorchester, were Walter Beisner, George Calmes, Arvid Carlson, Albert Lindau, Frank Lukas and Louis Mauritz.

The flowers were carried by Mrs. Warren Phaneuf of Marshfield, Mrs. Lester Reiter of Stetsonville and Miss Helen Weber of Abbotsford.

Mrs. Lundahl, the former Grace Phaneuf, was born Feb. 26, 1891, in Winneconne, and attended schools at Antigo and Neenah.

Coming to Abbotsford at the age of 12 years, she continued her education here.  On Feb. 23, 1911, she and George Lundahl were married at Abbotsford and made their home on a farm two and one-half miles west of here.  Mr. Lundahl died in 1950 and Mrs. Lundahl remained on the farm until two years ago when she moved to town.

Surviving her are six daughters, Grace and Lorraine Lundahl of Chicago; Georgiana Lundahl and Mrs. Robert (Bernice) Engler of Evanston, Ill.; Mrs. Carl (Ethel) Morrow and Mrs. Norman (Helen) Lukas of Abbotsford; and two sons, Robert of Ripon; and Jean of Heyward.  There are ten grandchildren: Robert Morrow, Ft. Lewis, Wash.; Joseph Engler, Evanston; Joanne, Gary and Patricia Lukas, Abbotsford; Michael, Janice and Barbara Lundahl, Ripon; and Lynette and Joyce Lundahl, Hayward.

Also surviving are one sister, Mrs. Hazel Wilhelmi, and one brother, Gordon Phaneuf, both of Abbotsford.

Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by six grandchildren, two brothers, Frank and Charles Phaneuf, and two sisters, Bessie Phaneuf and Blanche Bell.

Relatives from away who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. James Bell and daughter of Sheingietoh, Mich., Mrs. Helen Thompson and Mrs. Ethel Olaki of Neenah, and Mrs. Kathleen Dufield of Clintonville.