Lundstrom, Fredrick Levin (1875-1942)

LUNDSTROM, ERICKSON, DAHL

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Boone News Republican
October 21, 1942

F.L. LUNDSTROM RITES THURSDAY

Funeral services for the late F.L. Lundstrom of Stratford, route 1, who died at the Boone county hospital, will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. from the home and at 2 p.m. from the Baptist church in Stratford. The Rev. Selander will be in charge of the services. Interment will be in the South Marion cemetery.

The deceased was 80 years of age and had not been well for the past year, but his condition was not serious until the last three weeks.

He is survived by his widow and other relatives and to them the sympathy of their friends is extended.

Stratford Courier
October 22, 1942

PROMINENT FARMER SUCCUMBED IN BOONE HOSPITAL MONDAY

Fred L. Lundstrom died in the county hospital in Boone Monday afternoon shortly after 2 o'clock. He had been a patient there for a short time following a heart attack in his home a mile and a half south of Stratford. He was 67 years old.

He was a former pastor of the local Baptist church some years ago. After leaving here he with his wife lived in Chicago, Ill., for a time. Some years later they purchased the former Norling farm which they greatly improved and that has since been their home. He is survived by his wife who has the deepest sympathy of a host of friends here.

Last rites will be held this afternoon with a service in the family home at 1:30 o'clock to be followed at the Baptist church. Both services will be in charge of the pastor, the Rev. James Selander.

Stratford Courier
October 29, 1942

Obituary
F.L. Lundstrom

Last rites for F.L. Lundstrom were held Thursday afternoon with a service in the family home at 1:30 o'clock and in the Baptist church in town at 2 o'clock. Both were conducted by the Rev. James Selander, Baptist pastor who used for his text words found in I Corinthians, 13:12. "For now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face now I know in part but then I shall know just as I also am known." Mrs. LeRoy Fisher and Mrs. Oscar Borg sang "The City Four Square" and "In the Sweet Bye and Bye," Mrs. James Selander playing the accompaniments.

The remains were interred in the South Marion cemetery and the following were the casket bearers: Oscar, Alfred and Leonard Erickson, brothers of Mrs. Lundstrom, Fred Elliott, Albert Hubner and Albert Olson.

Fredrick Levin Lundstrom was born in Paxton, Ill., June 13, 1875. He died in the county hospital in Boone, Oct. 19, 1942, at the age of 67 years, 4 months, 6 days. His death was due to heart disease from which he had been a sufferer for some time.

Left to mourn his death are: his wife, two sisters, Mrs. Ila Dahl, of Houston, Texas, and Miss Anna Lundstrom, of Chicago, Ill., and one brother, John T. Lundstrom, of Los Angeles, Calif. Also surviving are three nieces, two nephews, several cousins and a host of friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, who died in infancy.

Deceased was converted and baptized when a youth of about 16 years after which he entered the ministry of the gospel. He enrolled in the Baptist college, Grand Island, Nebr., and later attended Morgan Park seminary, Chicago, Ill. During his student days he was a missionary in Minnesota and Illinois and also was student pastor of the Penn Ave. Baptist church in Des Moines. When he was graduated in 1901 he accepted the pastorate of the local Baptist church where he served with real progress until the fall of 1903. He left for Chicago that year and on Nov. 25, 1903, was united in marriage to Tilda May Erickson.

They lived in that city until 1917 when they moved to Stratford and purchased the farm, one and a half miles south of Stratford, which had since been their home. While in Chicago, he united with Blairs Masonic Lodge No. 393 and remained a member during his lifetime.

Deceased was an upright and industrious farmer who with his wife labored long and hard to improve the farm which was their home. True to his earlier training in the church and in the ministry, he performed his daily work with his faith in the Lord and the word of God as his watchword. He is a man who will be greatly missed not only in his own immediate community but by all of his many friends here.

Card of Thanks

We wish to sincerely thank those who in so many kind ways assisted us during the illness and death of our beloved husband and brother, F.L. Lundstrom. - Mrs. F.L. Lundstrom, Anna Lundstrom.