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Lars Eric Aronson (1949)

ARONSON, CARLSON, ALLEN, BEEZLEY, ALLOWAY, MAPES

Posted By: Ida Morse (email)
Date: 12/29/2005 at 22:05:23

Earlham Libary Obituaries August 1949
Earlham, Iowa

LARS ERIC ARONSON

Lars Eric Aronson was born April 29, 1853 in Nora Sweeden,(Sweden) Westmainland. Passed from this life August 18, 1949, age 96 years, three months and 19 days. He was the son of Aaron and Anna Carlson. He was confirmed in the Sweedish (Swedish) Lutheran Church in 1868. He did military duty during the years of 1874-75 in accordinance to the Sweedish (Swedish) law.

He came to America in 1876 at the age of 23 years. He spent sixteen days on the water, crossing the Atlantic. After landing in New York he went directly to work on a farm near Amboy, Illinois, where he was employed for eight years. He learned the English language during this period. In the summer of 1883 he was united in marriage to Emma Allen. In February 1884 they came to Iowa settling in Adair County. On this trip in a covered wagon they crossed the Mississippi River on the ice. Their farm was southeast of Adair, which they cleard from the raw prairie, and they lived here for twenty-one years. On this farm their four children were born. Alice G. who passed away in 1930; Allen E. of Orient; Anna Beezley of Paonia, Colorado; and Hesper of Earlham.

In 1905 they moved with their family to California. In 1906 they moved back to Iowa, settling on a farm a few miles southeast of Earlham, where they resided for seven years, selling this farm they moved to another farm near Osceola, living there for three years, then they moved to Earlham, where the home has been ever since.

Besides their three living children, there are eight grandchildren, eighteen great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.

Mr. Aronson and his wife were charter members of the Canby Friends Church, close to where they first settled in Iowa. After moving to Earlham their memberships were transferred to Earlham Friends Church, to which he has continued a faithful member ever since, and attended as long as he was able to hear, but his interest never slackened.

He was a great reader of ancient history, and kept well up on the times at all times up to the very last. It was his custom to read from his Sweedish (Swedish) Bible every evening, and sing Sweedish (Swedish) hymns.

Marilyn Alloway, a great granddaughter of Mr. Aronson played very appropriate prelude on the piano at the funeral service.

Pall bearers were: Howard Mapes, Warren Carter, Marion Alloway, Harold Carns, Arthur Mapes, and Ralph Lane.

Funeral services were held at the Welch Funeral home, August 22 at 2 p.m. Burial was at the Canby Cemetery, by the side of his life companion. Arthur Hadley officiated at the service.


 

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