Holmdahl, Helena Sofia d. 1954

HOLMDAHL, FAIRCLOTH, BRALEY, VEBER, BRECKENRIDGE

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes, Poweshiek ACC
Date: 3/22/2014 at 08:47:19

The Grinnell (IA) Herald-Register
October 21, 1954

MRS. HOLMDAHL
90, KELLOGG,
DIES TUESDAY

Mrs. Helena Sofia Holmdahl, one of the oldest residents of Kellogg, died at her home at Kellogg Tuesday evening, Oct. 19. She was 90 years old.

Private funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the Holmdahl home in Kellogg, where Mrs. Holmdahl had lived for 65 years.

Survivors include one son, Arthur C. Holmdahl, president of the Midwest Manufacturing Company of Kellogg; and four daughters, Mrs. Helen Faircloth of Des Moines, Mrs. Leo Braley, Mrs. Mabel Veber and Mrs. Glenn Breckenridge, all of Kellogg.

A native of Sweden where she was born 90 years ago, Mrs. Holmdahl had resided in the United States for 72 years, coming here at the age of 18. She lived at Des Moines for a few years prior to going to Kellogg 65 years ago.