Laura Pedersen 1881-1973

PEDERSEN, JENSEN, KLINE, NELSON

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 10/23/2022 at 07:55:58

December 6, 1973 - The Tipton Conservative

Funeral services for Mrs. Laura Pedersen, 92, were held at the Bethany Lutheran church, West Branch, Nov. 30 with the Rev. Erwin Hesterberg and the Rev. Leon Knitt officiating. Burial was in the West Branch cemetery.

Mrs. Pedersen died at the Lutheran homes, Muscatine, Nov. 27, following a long illness.

The daughter of Christian and Dorthea Jacobsen Jensen, she was born at Orslen, Denmark Feb. 1, 1881. She was married to Thomas Pedersen at Springdale Dec. 28, 1908. She was a member of Bethany Lutheran church.

Surviving are a son, Harold (Hap) Pedersen, West Branch; 2 daughters, Mrs. Wayne (Wilma) Kline, West Branch; Mrs. Boyd (Edna) Nelson, Seminole, Fla.; 2 brothers, Martin Jensen, Florida; Theodore Jensen, Denmark; 2 sisters, Mrs. Ella Jensen and Mrs. Constance Pedersen, West Branch. Also 5 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 1920 and 2 children.