Selheim, Synnove Blomdal (1887-1935)

SELHEIM, BLOMDAL, MILLER, ENGEBRETSON, ALSAGER

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Daily Freeman Journal, Webster City, Iowa, Tuesday, July 23, 1935

MRS. SELHEIM DIES SUDDENLY

Heart Attack Fatal to Stanhope Woman; Ill Half Day

FUNERAL THURSDAY

Mrs. Klaus Selheim, 48, died at her home in Stanhope last evening at 8:45 o'clock. Death was very sudden and was caused by heart trouble. She had been ill only half a day.

Funeral services will be held at Our Saviour's Lutheran church in Stanhope Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock preceded by a brief service at the home at 1:30 o'clock. The Rev. Oppedahl will officiate and burial will be made in Lawn Hill cemetery, southeast of Stanhope. Foster's, of Webster City, in charge.

Mrs. Selheim is survived by her husband and five children: Dorothea, Charlotte, Lloyd and Klaus, jr., at home, and Mrs. Richard Miller, of Stanhope.

She also leaves her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Blomdal, of Oslo, Norway, and two sisters, Mrs. Ed Engebretson, of Ghent, Minn., and Mrs. Lewis Alsager, of Jewell.

Before her marriage in Bergen, Norway June 18, 1910, Mrs. Selheim was Miss Synnove Blomdal. She was born in Norway, Oct. 9, 1887.

Mr. Selheim came to the United States in 1913 and his wife arrived here in 1914. For one year they made their home in Chicago and then came to Stanhope where they lived for the past 20 years and where Mrs. Selheim had many friends who will regret to learn of her sudden death.

She was a member of the Lutheran church and Royal Neighbors.