Obit: Nissen, Agnes (1893 – 1972)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Nissen, Peterson, Haas, Lokken, Potocnik, Fritz, Kaduce, Brady

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 09 Mar 1972

Nissen, Agnes (13 NOV 1893 – 4 MAR 1972)

Funeral services for Mrs. Robert (Agnes) Nissen, Owen (Clark Co., Wis.), were conducted at 1:30 p.m., March 8, 1972 from the United Church of Christ, with the Rev. Hilding Peterson officiating. Burial was made in Riverside Cemetery.

Serving as pallbearers were Lyle Haas, John Lokken, Edward Potocnik, Elton Fritz, Lorraine Fritz and Gaylord Kaduce.

Mrs. Nissen, a longtime resident of the Owen community, passed away March 4, 1972 at the Havenet Nursing Home, where she had been a resident the past seven years.

Agnes Nissen, nee Peterson, was born November 13, 1893 in Wisconsin, and on October 18, 1919, in a ceremony performed at Curtiss, was married to the late Robert Nissen. The couple farmed in the Town of Hoard (Clark Co.) for years, and also operated a milk route for several years. She suffered a stroke 11 years ago, and has been confined to a bed ever since that time.

Mourning her passed are a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Doris Nissen of Owen; two brothers-in-law, Tony Nissen, Iron Mountain, Michigan, and Martin Nissen of Glidden; a sister-in-law, Elsie Nissen, Iron Mountain, Michigan; and a niece, Mrs. Kathryn Brady, Montello.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 1952, a son, Clark, in 1966, and a sister and two brothers.