Published in the Ord Quiz, Ord, Nebraska, Thursday, March 2, 1916, Page 1, Column 3
LARS PETERSEN CALLED HOME
One of the Stalwart Men of the County has Succombed to Disease and Gone to his Reward
Lars Petersen was born in Hyllsted, Vester Flakkebjerg, Soro, Denmark February 24, 1859. Together with his parents he came to America in the spring of 1881 and stopped in Omaha, Nebraska, for about one year. In 1882 the family moved to Valley County. On May 6, 1888 he was married to Elizabeth Moeller, the daughter of Falie Moeller and in the same year they moved to Omaha, where his wife died in the fall of 1902, leaving him with three children. Four children had gone before their mother. In the summer of 1905 Lars Petersen came to Valley County and took up farming at Gravel Creek where he has lived since. About a year after coming here his son, Hans was kicked by a horse and died shortly after. Lars Petersen was a strong man until about a year agowhen his health began to fail. The last two months he suffered much from cancer which finally took his life. Last Friday he was taken to the home of his sister, Mrs. A.P. Jensen, where he died Sunday, February 27, at 9:55 p.m. being 57 years and three days of age. At the last his suffering subsided so that his death came peacefully.
Lars Petersen leaves to mourn him, two children, Anker and Helen, one foster daughter, Christine Larsen, his aged father, Peter Larsen, who on his last birthday was 84 years old, two brothers and five sisters. One brother and one sister had gone before him to eternity.
The funeral was held Tuesday, February 29, from the Danish Lutheran Church and the body was laid to rest in the Ord Cemetery.
LARS PETERSEN CALLED HOME
One of the Stalwart Men of the County has Succombed to Disease and Gone to his Reward
Lars Petersen was born in Hyllsted, Vester Flakkebjerg, Soro, Denmark February 24, 1859. Together with his parents he came to America in the spring of 1881 and stopped in Omaha, Nebraska, for about one year. In 1882 the family moved to Valley County. On May 6, 1888 he was married to Elizabeth Moeller, the daughter of Falie Moeller and in the same year they moved to Omaha, where his wife died in the fall of 1902, leaving him with three children. Four children had gone before their mother. In the summer of 1905 Lars Petersen came to Valley County and took up farming at Gravel Creek where he has lived since. About a year after coming here his son, Hans was kicked by a horse and died shortly after. Lars Petersen was a strong man until about a year agowhen his health began to fail. The last two months he suffered much from cancer which finally took his life. Last Friday he was taken to the home of his sister, Mrs. A.P. Jensen, where he died Sunday, February 27, at 9:55 p.m. being 57 years and three days of age. At the last his suffering subsided so that his death came peacefully.
Lars Petersen leaves to mourn him, two children, Anker and Helen, one foster daughter, Christine Larsen, his aged father, Peter Larsen, who on his last birthday was 84 years old, two brothers and five sisters. One brother and one sister had gone before him to eternity.
The funeral was held Tuesday, February 29, from the Danish Lutheran Church and the body was laid to rest in the Ord Cemetery.
Published in the Ord Quiz, Ord, Nebraska, Thursday, March 2, 1916, Page 1, Column 3
LARS PETERSEN CALLED HOME
One of the Stalwart Men of the County has Succombed to Disease and Gone to his Reward
Lars Petersen was born in Hyllsted, Vester Flakkebjerg, Soro, Denmark February 24, 1859. Together with his parents he came to America in the spring of 1881 and stopped in Omaha, Nebraska, for about one year. In 1882 the family moved to Valley County. On May 6, 1888 he was married to Elizabeth Moeller, the daughter of Falie Moeller and in the same year they moved to Omaha, where his wife died in the fall of 1902, leaving him with three children. Four children had gone before their mother. In the summer of 1905 Lars Petersen came to Valley County and took up farming at Gravel Creek where he has lived since. About a year after coming here his son, Hans was kicked by a horse and died shortly after. Lars Petersen was a strong man until about a year agowhen his health began to fail. The last two months he suffered much from cancer which finally took his life. Last Friday he was taken to the home of his sister, Mrs. A.P. Jensen, where he died Sunday, February 27, at 9:55 p.m. being 57 years and three days of age. At the last his suffering subsided so that his death came peacefully.
Lars Petersen leaves to mourn him, two children, Anker and Helen, one foster daughter, Christine Larsen, his aged father, Peter Larsen, who on his last birthday was 84 years old, two brothers and five sisters. One brother and one sister had gone before him to eternity.
The funeral was held Tuesday, February 29, from the Danish Lutheran Church and the body was laid to rest in the Ord Cemetery.
LARS PETERSEN CALLED HOME
One of the Stalwart Men of the County has Succombed to Disease and Gone to his Reward
Lars Petersen was born in Hyllsted, Vester Flakkebjerg, Soro, Denmark February 24, 1859. Together with his parents he came to America in the spring of 1881 and stopped in Omaha, Nebraska, for about one year. In 1882 the family moved to Valley County. On May 6, 1888 he was married to Elizabeth Moeller, the daughter of Falie Moeller and in the same year they moved to Omaha, where his wife died in the fall of 1902, leaving him with three children. Four children had gone before their mother. In the summer of 1905 Lars Petersen came to Valley County and took up farming at Gravel Creek where he has lived since. About a year after coming here his son, Hans was kicked by a horse and died shortly after. Lars Petersen was a strong man until about a year agowhen his health began to fail. The last two months he suffered much from cancer which finally took his life. Last Friday he was taken to the home of his sister, Mrs. A.P. Jensen, where he died Sunday, February 27, at 9:55 p.m. being 57 years and three days of age. At the last his suffering subsided so that his death came peacefully.
Lars Petersen leaves to mourn him, two children, Anker and Helen, one foster daughter, Christine Larsen, his aged father, Peter Larsen, who on his last birthday was 84 years old, two brothers and five sisters. One brother and one sister had gone before him to eternity.
The funeral was held Tuesday, February 29, from the Danish Lutheran Church and the body was laid to rest in the Ord Cemetery.
Family Members
Siblings
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
