GAARDER, Cordelia May (Hansen) 1896-1961

GAARDER, HANSEN, ENNIS, NELSON, MILLER, LEVERSON

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 1/11/2011 at 12:57:22

Cordelia May (Hansen) Gaarder 1896-1961

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MRS. H. GAARDER DIES AT OSAGE; RITES THURSDAY

Osage – Tentative funeral arrangements have been made for Mrs. Henry Gaarder, 65, lifelong Osage resident, who died Monday at the Mitchell County Memorial Hospital here.

The arrangements call for the funeral to be held Thursday afternoon at Our Saviors Lutheran Church here. The Champion Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Surviving are her husband, two daughters; Mrs. Harold (Elaine) Ennis and Mrs. Earl (Anita) Nelson, both of Mason City; three sons, Norman, Osage; Merrill, Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Lawrence, Yearington, Nevada; and 11 grandchildren.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Tuesday October 17, 1961

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Cordelia May Hansen was born May 20, 1896 in Mitchell Co., Iowa, the daughter of Christian L and Mary Kathryn (Miller) Hansen. She married Henry Norman Gaarder, the son of Ellif and Gunnield (Leverson) Gaarder.

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Osage Cemetery, Osage, Mitchell, Iowa
Gaarder, Cordelia May….death/burial October 16, 1961
Gaarder, Henry………….death/burial July 29, 1970

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1900 US Census: Mitchell, Mitchell, Iowa
Christ L 43 born August 1856 Denmark
Mary C 33 born November 1866 Germany
Annie M 11 born July 1888 Iowa
Cordelia M 4 born May 1896

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1925 Iowa Census: shows Cordelia Gaarder’s parents as C. S. Hansen and Mary Miller.