Eula Williamson 1876-1958

WILLIAMSON, OFTEDAHL, LEEPER

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 1/12/2011 at 18:49:54

Longtime Area Resident Dies
Mrs. Eula Williamson, 82, longtime Estherville and Gruver area resident, died yesterday at a Nevada hospital after having been ill the past two weeks. Cause of her death was pneumonia.

Mrs. Williamson made her home here for a number of years with her son, Art Williamson, but for the past several months had lived at Seneca with her son-in-law and daughter, Mrs. Ole Oftedahl. She had gone to Nevada several weeks ago to spend the winter at the home of another son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Leeper.

A member of her family reported that she has nine living children, all of whom were at her bedside Sunday, the first time in 40 years that the entire family had been together.

Funeral services are to be Saturday at the Estherville Christian Church, the Rev. Lester Strubhar officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. Time of the services and biographical information will be published in the Daily News when available. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, October 23, 1958)

Fenton Woman Died at Nevada
Mrs. Eula Williamson, 82, Fenton, died about noon Wednesday at Story County Hospital where she had been a patient for two weeks.

Mrs. Williamson had come to spend the winter with her daughter, Mrs. Florence Leeper, Nevada.

She is survived by two daughters and seven sons.

Services will be Saturday in Estherville and burial in Oak Hill cemetery there. (Ames Daily Tribune, Ames, IA, October 23, 1958)