A. Vivian (Onsager) Landsom

ONSAGER, JOHNSON, LANDSOM, LOVEN, RUEN

Posted By: Connie L. Ellis (email)
Date: 12/19/2010 at 14:45:46

SOURCE: Waukon, Iowa STANDARD newspaper March 17, 1999
Contributor: Connie Ellis (Not related)

A. Vivian Landsom, 81, of Spring Grove, MN, died Saturday, March 13, 1999, at her home. She was born January 19, 1918 in Waukon to Henry and Anna (Johnson) Onsager. She was a 1935 Decorah High School graduate and later graduated from normal training in Decorah. She taught 14 years in the Decorah and Waukon areas.

September 23, 1951, Vivian married Julian Landsom at Decorah Lutheran Church. They lived in the Spring Grove area and farmed in Spring Grove township until retiring in 1978, when they moved into Spring Grove. Vivian was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Spring Grove and its women's groups. She also worked as a volunteer at Tweeten/Lutheran Health Care Center in Spring Grove.

Survivors include her husband; two sons and their wives, Justin and Joyce of Spring Grove, and Dr. David and Andre of Quincy, IL and four grandchildren. She was preceded in death by three sisters, Ruth Loven, Harriet Ruen, and Ruth Onsager, and one daughter, Barbara, in infancy.

Funeral services were Tuesday March 16 at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church with burial in the church cemetery. Pastor Zane Anderson conducted the service, with Robie Funeral Home in Spring Grove in charge of arrangements.