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Mrs. Axel Carlson Passed Away Last Friday
Augusta Mathilda Carlson (nee Bengtson) was born at Belle Plaine, Carver County, Minnesota, on August 22, 1883 and passed away in Dawson, Minnesota, at 1:30 P.M. Friday February 17, 1950, at the age of 66 years, 5 months, and 25 days.
As a small child she came with her parents, the Elias Bengtsons, to Omro Township, Yellow medicine County where she was raised. She was confirmed in the Mission Covenant Church in the class conducted by Rev. O. W. Carlson in the year 1900.
On March 10, 1905 in Omro Township, she was united in marriage with Mr. Axel Carlson. This union was blessed with four children; two sons, Adolph and Fingal, both of Dawson, and two daughters, Edith (Mrs. Hjalmer Anderson) of Dawson and Hildur (Mrs. Algot Knutson) of Amery, Wisconsin. A niece, Violet Bengtson, now Mrs. Burton Bredeson of Montevideo, was taken into this home at five days of age and raised as a member of the family. These children were all present at the service. Mrs. Carlson has 17 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Carlson is also survived and mourned by one sister, Mrs. Mons Olson of Alexandria and two brothers, Mr. Walter Bengtson of Graceville and Rudolph Bengtson of Boulder, Colorado, who were present at the services, also by two uncles, Emil Bengtson and Waldemar Bengtson of Renville. She was preceded in death by one sister, Josephine (Mrs. George Hidden) and by three brothers, Emil, Axel and Arthur. She is also deeply mourned by relatives and a host of friends and many neighbors in this community who had learned to know and esteem her.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday, February 21 at the Hanson and Dahl Chapel in Dawson at 1:15 P.M. and at 2:00 P.M. at the Mission Covenant Church in Maxwell.
Pallbearers were Kenneth and Palmer Anderson, Edgar and Clifford Olson, and Roland and Raymond Bengtson. Internment was made in the Mission Covenant cemetery.
(Obit in the Dawson Sentinel, Friday, February 24, 1950)
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Mrs. Axel Carlson Passed Away Last Friday
Augusta Mathilda Carlson (nee Bengtson) was born at Belle Plaine, Carver County, Minnesota, on August 22, 1883 and passed away in Dawson, Minnesota, at 1:30 P.M. Friday February 17, 1950, at the age of 66 years, 5 months, and 25 days.
As a small child she came with her parents, the Elias Bengtsons, to Omro Township, Yellow medicine County where she was raised. She was confirmed in the Mission Covenant Church in the class conducted by Rev. O. W. Carlson in the year 1900.
On March 10, 1905 in Omro Township, she was united in marriage with Mr. Axel Carlson. This union was blessed with four children; two sons, Adolph and Fingal, both of Dawson, and two daughters, Edith (Mrs. Hjalmer Anderson) of Dawson and Hildur (Mrs. Algot Knutson) of Amery, Wisconsin. A niece, Violet Bengtson, now Mrs. Burton Bredeson of Montevideo, was taken into this home at five days of age and raised as a member of the family. These children were all present at the service. Mrs. Carlson has 17 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Carlson is also survived and mourned by one sister, Mrs. Mons Olson of Alexandria and two brothers, Mr. Walter Bengtson of Graceville and Rudolph Bengtson of Boulder, Colorado, who were present at the services, also by two uncles, Emil Bengtson and Waldemar Bengtson of Renville. She was preceded in death by one sister, Josephine (Mrs. George Hidden) and by three brothers, Emil, Axel and Arthur. She is also deeply mourned by relatives and a host of friends and many neighbors in this community who had learned to know and esteem her.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday, February 21 at the Hanson and Dahl Chapel in Dawson at 1:15 P.M. and at 2:00 P.M. at the Mission Covenant Church in Maxwell.
Pallbearers were Kenneth and Palmer Anderson, Edgar and Clifford Olson, and Roland and Raymond Bengtson. Internment was made in the Mission Covenant cemetery.
(Obit in the Dawson Sentinel, Friday, February 24, 1950)
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