BLAKESTAD, Lona M. (Williams) 1876-1970

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BLAKESTAD, Lona M. (Williams) 1876-1970

BLAKESTAD, WILLIAMS, TOLLEFSON, FALK, GREINER, ANDERSON

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/17/2014 at 15:06:57

MRS. LONA BLAKESTAD
ST. ANSGAR, IOWA — Services for Mrs. Lona Blakestad*, 93, who died Saturday at a St. Ansgar nursing center, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Lyle, Minnesota. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Mona, Iowa.
Survivors include two sons, Raymond of Albert Lea, Minnesota, and Lewis of St. Ansgar; six daughters: Mrs. Mable Reistad of Hackensack, N. J., Mrs. Luther, Tollefson* and Mrs. L. R. Falk, both of St. Ansgar, Mrs. H. H. Meyers of Stockton, Calif., Mrs. G. D. Greiner of Winnebago, Minnesota, and Mrs. Marian Schmidt of Fairbault, Minnesota; three sisters: Mrs. Beatrice Higby of Long Beach, California, Mrs. R. A. Anderson of Lyle and Scott Rounse of Pocatello, Idaho; 13 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren.
Schroeder and Houg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Source: Waterloo Daily Courier, Monday, February 9, 1970, Waterloo, Iowa
*We changed the spelling of Blakestead to Blakestad and Tollesson to Tollefson.
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NOTES:
1.
Gravestone inscribed:
"Blakestad, Lona M. 1876-1970"
2.
The listing for Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Mona, on IaGenWeb, shows:
BLAKESTAD, Lona M. 1876 -- 1919
3.
Social Security Death Index:
Name: Lona Blakestad
SSN: ***-66-5815
Last Residence: 50472 Saint Ansgar, Mitchell, Iowa
BORN: 19 Mar 1876
Died: Feb 1970
State (Year) SSN issued: Iowa (1965)
4.
Iowa, Marriage Records, 1923-1937:
Name: Lona Olive Blakestad
Spouse: Harvey Maynard Peterson
Mother: Lona Williams
Father: Oliver George Blakestad
5.
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989:
Name: Lona Blakestad
Spouse: Oliver G Blakestad
Residence: 1953 - Austin, Minnesota (Actually Lyle, Minnesota)
"Blakestad Lona (Wid Oliver G.)"
6.
Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002:
Name: Oliver George Blakestad
Death Date: 28 Jul 1946
Death County: Mower
State File Number: 009371
Certificate Number: 009371
Certificate Year: 1946
Record Number: 1013370
7.
Iowa, Select Marriages, 1809-1992:
Name: Oliver G. Blakestad
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 26 May 1897
Marriage Place: Humboldt, Iowa
Spouse: Lona M. Williams
FHL Film Number: 1401932
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[Credit: S. Bell]

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Obituary: MRS. LONA BLAKESTAD ST. ANSGAR, IOWA — Services for Mrs. Lona Blakestad, 93, who died Saturday at a St. Ansgar nursing center, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Lyle, Minnesota. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Mona, Iowa. Survivors include two sons, Raymond of Albert Lea, Minnesota, and Lewis of St. Ansgar; six daughters: Mrs. Mable Reistad of Hackensack, N. J., Mrs. Luther, Tollefson and Mrs. L. R. Falk, both of St. Ansgar, Mrs. H. H. Meyers of Stockton, Calif., Mrs. G. D. Greiner of Winnebago, Minnesota, and Mrs. Marian Schmidt of Fairbault, Minnesota; three sisters: Mrs. Beatrice Higby of Long Beach, California, Mrs. R. A. Anderson of Lyle and Scott Rounse of Pocatello, Idaho; 13 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren. Schroeder and Houg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Source: Waterloo Daily Courier, Monday, February 9, 1970, Waterloo, Iowa We changed the spelling of Blakestead to Blakestad and Tollesson to Tollefson. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTES: 1. Gravestone inscribed: "Blakestad, Lona M. 1876-1970" 2. The listing for Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Mona, on IaGenWeb, shows: BLAKESTAD, Lona M. 1876 -- 1919 3. Social Security Death Index: Name: Lona Blakestad SSN: **-66-5815 Last Residence: 50472 Saint Ansgar, Mitchell, Iowa BORN: 19 Mar 1876 Died: Feb 1970 State (Year) SSN issued: Iowa (1965) 4. Iowa, Marriage Records, 1923-1937: Name: Lona Olive Blakestad Spouse: Harvey Maynard Peterson Mother: Lona Williams Father: Oliver George Blakestad 5. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Name: Lona Blakestad Spouse: Oliver G Blakestad Residence: 1953 - Austin, Minnesota (Actually Lyle, Minnesota) "Blakestad Lona (Wid Oliver G.)" 6. Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002: Name: Oliver George Blakestad Death Date: 28 Jul 1946 Death County: Mower State File Number: 009371 Certificate Number: 009371 Certificate Year: 1946 Record Number: 1013370 7. Iowa, Select Marriages, 1809-1992: Name: Oliver G. Blakestad Gender: Male Marriage Date: 26 May 1897 Marriage Place: Humboldt, Iowa Spouse: Lona M. Williams FHL Film Number: 1401932 -------------------------------------------------- [Credit: S. Bell]
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