HIFFERNAN, Edith G. (Nielsen) 1908-2005

HIFFERNAN, NIELSEN, HANSEN, LARSON, SAMPSON, KENNEDY, WALKER, NEUQUIST, DEROD, HOBERG

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 3/30/2015 at 00:05:57

[Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Friday, September 30, 2005]

WATERLOO - Edith G. Hiffernan, 97, of Waterloo, died at home Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005, of natural causes.

She was born March 31, 1908, in Denmark, daughter of Hans and Anna Marie Hansen Nielsen. She married Frank Edward Hiffernan Sr. Dec. 24, 1931, in Omaha, Neb. He preceded her in death May 8, 1952.

Mrs. Hiffernan was employed as a registered nurse for 23 years at Midway Hospital in St. Paul, Minn.

Survived by a son, Frank (Florene) of Waterloo; five daughters, Frances Larson of St. Paul, Bette Sampson of Minneapolis, Jean Kennedy of Hillsboro, Ore., and Mary (Jim) Walker and Ruth (Bill) Walker, both of Ceritos, Calif.; a sister, Anne Neuquist of San Diego, Calif.; 20 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by five brothers, Andrew, Leo, Harold, Martin and Ingvar Nielsen; two sisters, Ella DeRod and Beverly Hoberg; two grandsons; and two great-grandchildren.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Kearns, Huisman-Schumacher Chapel on Kimball, with graveside services and burial at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Oneota Cemetery, Duluth, Minn. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday and for an hour before services Monday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be directed to the family.

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