Marie Hogtman Soholm, 1851-1918

SOHOLM, HOGTMAN, NIELSEN, JERSILD, ROBERTSON, SORENSEN, LARSEN

Posted By: Clay County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 1/5/2014 at 09:27:41

FORMER ROYAL WOMAN IS DEAD

Remains of Mrs. A.L. J. Soholm, Former Resident, Brought To Spencer For Burial

Death came to Mrs. A.L.J. Soholm Thursday afternoon, November 7, 1918, at 1:30 o'clock at her home in Des Moines following a lingering illness due to asthma and heart trouble.

The remains accompanied by relatives were brought to Spencer Saturday and private funeral services were held from Bethany Lutheran church Sunday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. N.P. Clemensen, of West Branch and the Revl. Th. Jersidl, of Viborg, South Dakota, only the immediate members of the family being present.

On Monday morning at 10:30 o'clock public services were conducted at Bethany church by Rev. Theo. M. Hanson, with farewell words by the deceased husband and son. Burial was made in Riverside cemetery.

The following acted as pallbearers: N.C. Bang, Nels Anderson, Andrew Anderson, C.E. Larsen, Fred Byggere and Hans Peterson.

Mrs. Soholm's maiden name was Marie Christine Hogtman and she was born in Sonderjylland, Denmark, June 14, 1851. She came to America in 1872 and located at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, where on September 14, of that year she was united in marriage to Rev. A.L.J. Soholm, pastor of the Danish Lutheran church of that place. From there they moved to Waupaca, Wisconsin, where he was pastor for nineteen years, then to Luck, Wisconsin, where they lived five years and then to Clay county, where Rev. Soholm had charge of the Spencer and Royal churches for thirteen years. On March 8, 1915, he accepted the pastorate of a church in Des Moines, where they have since made their home.

Mrs. Soholm was a devoted christian woman, a cheerful co-worker in the church of God, humble and self sacrificing in the services. She was a good mother and a faithful wife.

Aside from her husband she leaves six children to mourn her loss: Mrs. J.C.N. Nielsen of Royal; Mrs. W.N. Jersild of Des Moines; Mrs. A.C. Robertson of Sioux City; Mrs. N.P. Sorensen of Cushing, Nebraska; Mrs. P.N. Larsen of Spencer; Rev. A.O. Soholm of Superior, Wisconsin. All the children except Mrs. N.P. Sorensen were present at the funeral.

Source: Spencer Reporter, Spencer, Clay County, Iowa; November 13, 1918.

Interment in Riverside cemetery
 

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