Martha Fladebo Quastad, 1867-1946

QUASTAD, FLADEBO, FLAVABO

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 3/6/2009 at 22:11:54

Mrs. Quastad, Long-time County Resident, Dies

Came to Emmet 55 Years Ago.

Mrs. O. O. Quastad, 79, died at five a. m. today [Sept. 4, 1946] at her home at 1020 Third Avenue South. She had been ill with cancer over a period of ten years and had been bedridden for about a year.

Mrs. Quastad was born in Norway on March 22, 1867 and came to this country at the age of two when her family settled in Lee, Ill. In 1891 Mrs. Quastad. whose maiden name was Flavabo [Fladebo], married Ole O. Quastad and with her husband moved to Emmet county where she had resided since. They were engaged in farming about 10 miles east of Estherville until 20 years ago when they moved to the city.

Preceded in death by her husband who died in 1932, Mrs. Quastad is survived by five children: Mrs. A. K. Olson of Estherville, Mrs. W. J. Reed of Ringsted, Miss Anna Quastad of 1020 Third Avenue South, Adolph Quastad of Armstrong and John Quastad of Estherville.

She was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran church near Gruver. [She is buried in Swan Lake cemetery beside her husband.]

Contributed by: Ruth Hackett. Source: Estherville Daily News, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa, September 4, 1946, and family information.