Anna Peterson Olson, 1871-1902

OLSON, PETERSON

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 2/28/2009 at 12:41:32

Death Notice: Mrs. Henry Olson died at her home in High Lake Township Wednesday morning [October 1902] after a lingering Illness of several months with consumption. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon and the remains interred in the Lutheran [High Lake] Cemetery in that township. Deceased was 31 years of age and leaves a husband and two children to mourn her untimely death. [Their children were Hazel Olson and LeRoy Chester Olson.]

[Anna B. Peterson was a daughter of Botolv Peterson and Carrie Hovde; Henry was a son of Elling Olson and Ella Anderson. Anna was 22 and Henry was 28 when they were married on August 31, 1893, according to Emmet County Marriage Records.]

Source: news item in an October 29, 1902 issue of the Estherville Democrat.

Obituary: Mrs. Henry Olson died at her home in High Lake Township Wednesday morning after a lingering illness of several months with consumption. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon and the remains interred in the Lutheran cemetery in that township. Deceased was 31 years of age at the time of her death and leaves a husband and two children to mourn her untimely death.

Contributed by: Ruth Hackett. Source: Estherville Democrat, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa; October 29, 1902.