Gabel, Lillian Sophia 1902-1969

GABEL, CHRISTOPHERSON

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Date: 7/18/2023 at 20:12:08

Swea City Herald
Thursday, August 28, 1969

Services Held Monday for Lillian Gabel

Funeral services were held on Monday of this week for a 67 year old Swea City woman, Lillian Gabel. Mrs. Gabel passed away August 22 at 5:30 a.m. at St. Mary Hospital in Rochester after being ill for the past two months.

Rites were held August 25, 1969 at United Methodist Church in Swea City with Rev. Marlon Bloodworth officiating. Interment was at Harrison Township Cemetery with Reese-Henry Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Pallbearers included Donald Gerdes, Laurel Peterson, Rudy Peterson, George Pearson, A. Peterson, and Lawrence Hanson.

Lillian Sophia Gabel was born July 8, 1902, at Pequot Lake, Minn. to parents Julius and Inga Christopherson. She received her education at Pequot Lake.

On March 21, 1922 she married Martin Gabel at Walker, Minn. The couple farmed near Pequot Lake for a time and then moved to a farm near Ledyard, Ia. and later to a farm near Grant and in 1938 the couple moved to the Swea City area.

Survivors include two sons, Darold of Longmont, Colorado and Floyd of Chillicothe, Mo.

Nine grandchildren also survive.

Other survivors include two brothers Emil Christopherson of Heron Lake, Minn. and Melvin Christopherson of Mobile, Alabama; two sisters, Mrs. Burton Stanley of Pequot Lake, Minn. and Mrs. Marvin Norris of Vancouver, Wash.
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Swea City Herald
Thursday, Sept. 4, 1969
SWEA EAGLE NEWS:
Coming from a distance for the funeral of Mrs. Lillian Gabel were her sisters and brothers:
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Stanley and daughters, Pequot Lake, Minn.;
Mrs. Marvin Norris and daughters of Vancouver, Washington;
the Emil Christopherson’s, Mobile, Ala.;
Herbert Rahls, Eldora;
George Heitland's, Clear Lake;
Ed. Christ's, Forest City;
Martha Hagge, Mason City;
Roland Gabel, Council Bluffs;
Emmons relatives of her late husband, Martin Gabel.

Nieces and Nephews attending were:
Mrs. Wm. Stubbe, Ankeny;
Mrs. Gordon LeWarren, Mason City;
Mrs. Vern Naus and Mrs. J. D. Pete, both of Minneapolis;
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Finer, Forest City;
Mr. and Mrs. Barret Gabel, New Ulm;
And among friends from far away were:
the John Haisman's, Verndale, Minn.;
Bill Haisman's, Buffalo Center;
Tom Barnes and children, White Bear Lake, Minn.;
the Roy Minos of Elmore, Minn.
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