FLATLA, Kjersti (Hvattum) 1856-1940

FLATA, HVATTUM, BILDEN, KOEHLER

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 1/23/2012 at 13:27:19

Kjersti (Hvattum) Flatla 1856-1940

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MRS. K. J. FLATA , PLYMOUTH, DIED
FUNERAL SERVICES OF 84 YEAR OLD WOMAN TO BE ON SATURDAY

Osage – Mrs. Kjersti Flatla, 84, died Wednesday night at the home of her son, Hovel Flatla.

She was born in Norway August 19, 1856, and came to St. Ansgar when 12 years old. With the exception of five years spent in California she lived the rest of her life on a farm near Plymouth, where she died. Her husband died in September, 1902.

Surviving are three children; Mrs. Ed Bilden, Garden Grove, California; Hovel Flatla and Mrs. John Koehler, both of Plymouth; an adopted son; Sigurd Flatla, Hammond, Minnesota; a brother, Paul Hvattum, Osage; eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Services will be held Saturday at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in charge of the Rev. O. C. Myhren, with burial in Rock Creek cemetery.
Mason City Globe Gazette, Thursday December 12, 1940

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Rock Creek Lutheran Cemetery, Meroa, Mitchell, Iowa
Flatla, Kjersti Hovelsdtr. -- Aug 19, 1856 Dec 11, 1940-- Hvattum