Funeral services were held from the Scandinavian Evangelical Free Church Monday afternoon, Rev. J.O. Jacobson, officiating for Mrs. Sam Hanson, who passed away July 10, 1929 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Oscar Anderson of this city. Burial was made in Greenwood cemetery. Mrs. Bertha Oftedahl Hanson was born in Bakkensogn, near Flekkefjord, Norway, October 19, 1855, coming to America with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.T. Oftedahl, at the age of 12 years, she settled in Viroqua, Wisconsin. There she was married in 1891 to Sam Hanson, to which union was born six children, two daughters having preceded the mother in death. In the spring of 1911 they moved on a farm near Thief River Falls, and in November, 1928, they came to Thief River Falls making their home her since with their daughter, Mrs. Oscar Anderson. Left to mourn her departure are her husband, two sons and two daughters; Oscar of Bemidji; Palmer, Ruth and Esther Anderson of this city; likewise four brothers and one sister, Peter H. Oftedahl of San Diego, California; Joseph of Cameron, Wisconsin; Osmund and Theodore and Mrs. E.F. Dahl, all of Rice Lake, Wisconsin.
SOURCE - THIEF RIVER FALLS PUBLIC LIBRARY, THIEF RIVER FALLS, MINNESOTA
SOURCE - THIEF RIVER FALLS PUBLIC LIBRARY, THIEF RIVER FALLS, MINNESOTA
Funeral services were held from the Scandinavian Evangelical Free Church Monday afternoon, Rev. J.O. Jacobson, officiating for Mrs. Sam Hanson, who passed away July 10, 1929 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Oscar Anderson of this city. Burial was made in Greenwood cemetery. Mrs. Bertha Oftedahl Hanson was born in Bakkensogn, near Flekkefjord, Norway, October 19, 1855, coming to America with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.T. Oftedahl, at the age of 12 years, she settled in Viroqua, Wisconsin. There she was married in 1891 to Sam Hanson, to which union was born six children, two daughters having preceded the mother in death. In the spring of 1911 they moved on a farm near Thief River Falls, and in November, 1928, they came to Thief River Falls making their home her since with their daughter, Mrs. Oscar Anderson. Left to mourn her departure are her husband, two sons and two daughters; Oscar of Bemidji; Palmer, Ruth and Esther Anderson of this city; likewise four brothers and one sister, Peter H. Oftedahl of San Diego, California; Joseph of Cameron, Wisconsin; Osmund and Theodore and Mrs. E.F. Dahl, all of Rice Lake, Wisconsin.
SOURCE - THIEF RIVER FALLS PUBLIC LIBRARY, THIEF RIVER FALLS, MINNESOTA
SOURCE - THIEF RIVER FALLS PUBLIC LIBRARY, THIEF RIVER FALLS, MINNESOTA
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