Mrs. ORRIE (Mary Dorothea Amundson) GILSON 1891-1970

AMUNDSON, GILSON, DRAHN, ROSELL, REEDER, WILLIAMS, STEINER, JOHNSON, LARSON, OLSON, WAGNER

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 2/12/2010 at 18:56:09

Rites For Mrs. Orrie Gilson

Funeral services were held Monday, May 4 from St. John's Lutheran church in Waukon for Mrs. Orrie Gilson. The Rev. Marlyn Hansing officiated, and burial was in Oakland cemetery.

Mary Dorothea Amundson was born November 21, 1891, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lars Amundson, and lived her entire lifetime in Allamakee county. She died May 1 after an illness of about eight years duration.

Her husband survives her, as do eight children: Lawrence of Lansing; Mrs. E. A. (Myrtle) Drahn of Monona; Mrs. Vance (Norma) Rosell of Decorah; John of Waukon; Mrs. Dale (Carol) Reeder of Waukon; Mrs. Dorothy Williams of Decorah; Mrs. Robert (Dolores) Steiner of McHenry, Ill., and Dale of Anamosa.

Also surviving are the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Millie Johnson of Middletown, Ohio; Mrs. Hattie Larson of Decorah; Mrs. Lewine Olson of Milwaukee, Wis.; Mrs. Ellen Wagner of Milwaukee; Leonard of Waukon; Clarence of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Emmet of Milwaukee. Two brothers, Arthur and Gilbert, are deceased.

There are 29 surviving grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.

Mrs. Gilson was a member of St. John's Lutheran church.

Pallbearers were Kenneth and Dean Krambeer, Jerome and Ronald Gilson, Stanley Steiner and Robert Rosell.

Postville, Iowa newspaper of the time clipping, hand dated May 1970, from my mother's obituary collection.
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