HOUG, Helene (Groth) 1863-1944

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HOUG, Helene (Groth) 1863-1944

GROTH, HOUG

Posted By: County Coordinator (kermit)
Date: 10/24/2010 at 17:50:37

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St. Ansgar Woman
Dies; Rites Thursday
ST. ANSGAR, IOWA — Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the First Lutheran Church, the Rev. Olaf A. Langehough officiating, for Mrs. Helen Houg, 81, who died at her home following four weeks' illness.
Born at St. Ansgar, she had resided here all her life. Her husband and a daughter preceded her in death.
Surviving is a son, Monrad A. Houg, and three grandchildren, a sister, Mrs. Nellie Tollefson, and four brothers, Anton, Andrew, T. A. and H. A. Groth, all at St. Ansgar.
Burial will be in the First Lutheran Cemetery.
[Mason City Globe Gazette, Wednesday, November 15, 1944]
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Helene Groth was born in St. Ansgar Township, Mitchell County, Iowa, August 27, 1863. Helene was the daughter of Assor and Kjersti Groth, and the granddaughter of Jacob Asleson who came to St. Ansgar via wagon train in June 1853, and found a suitable location on the Cedar River just north of St. Ansgar.
Helene was baptized and confirmed in the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in St. Ansgar and attended the Clyde School and the St. Ansgar Seminary.
On October 20, 1882, she was united in marriage to Halsten S. Houg, the principal and founder of the St. Ansgar Seminary.
They were the parents of five children of whom three died in early childhood; one boy, Monrad, died in infancy; as did a girl, named Agnes; one girl, Marie died at the age of eight; and a sister, Selma Amanda. Selma lived to the age of 42, and was a music teacher and accomplished pianist and organist; she died in 1931. A second son, also named Monrad, lived to adulthood, dying in 1992.
Halsten and Helene made their home in St. Ansgar until the year of 1898 when Halsten became Mitchell County Auditor and they moved to Osage where they lived until his death in 1910. Helene then returned to her home in St. Ansgar, where she lived the rest of her life. She died November 13, 1944.
She is buried at First Lutheran Cemetery, St. Ansgar, Iowa
[Adapted from Houg-Groth family stories by Conrad Groth and Elizabeth Houg Storie featured in MITCHELL COUNTY HISTORY, published 1989 (F275)]
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Obituary: #1: St. Ansgar Woman Dies; Rites Thursday ST. ANSGAR, IOWA — Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the First Lutheran Church, the Rev. Olaf A. Langehough officiating, for Mrs. Helen Houg, 81, who died at her home following four weeks' illness. Born at St. Ansgar, she had resided here all her life. Her husband and a daughter preceded her in death. Surviving is a son, Monrad A. Houg, and three grandchildren, a sister, Mrs. Nellie Tollefson, and four brothers, Anton, Andrew, T. A. and H. A. Groth, all at St. Ansgar. Burial will be in the First Lutheran Cemetery. [Mason City Globe Gazette, Wednesday, November 15, 1944] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #2: Helene Groth was born in St. Ansgar Township, Mitchell County, Iowa, August 27, 1863. Helene was the daughter of Assor and Kjersti Groth, and the granddaughter of Jacob Asleson who came to St. Ansgar via wagon train in June 1853, and found a suitable location on the Cedar River just north of St. Ansgar. Helene was baptized and confirmed in the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in St. Ansgar and attended the Clyde School and the St. Ansgar Seminary. On October 20, 1882, she was united in marriage to Halsten S. Houg, the principal and founder of the St. Ansgar Seminary. They were the parents of five children of whom three died in early childhood; one boy, Monrad, died in infancy; as did a girl, named Agnes; one girl, Marie died at the age of eight; and a sister, Selma Amanda. Selma lived to the age of 42, and was a music teacher and accomplished pianist and organist; she died in 1931. A second son, also named Monrad, lived to adulthood, dying in 1992. Halsten and Helene made their home in St. Ansgar until the year of 1898 when Halsten became Mitchell County Auditor and they moved to Osage where they lived until his death in 1910. Helene then returned to her home in St. Ansgar, where she lived the rest of her life. She died November 13, 1944. She is buried at First Lutheran Cemetery, St. Ansgar, Iowa [Adapted from Houg-Groth family stories by Conrad Groth and Elizabeth Houg Storie featured in MITCHELL COUNTY HISTORY, published 1989 (F275)] -------------------------------------------------------------------- #3: Photo from MITCHELL COUNTY HISTORY, published 1989, also.
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