Jensen, Mrs. Carl (Karrie) 1870-1926

JENSEN, HANSEN

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Akron Register-Tribune
February 18, 1926

DEATH OF MRS. CARL JENSEN

Mrs. Carl Jensen, living in Clay county, S.D., north of Vermillion, passed away at the Akron hospital, Friday, February 12, where she had been undergoing treatment for two weeks for dropsy, from which she had been a sufferer for about four years. Her age was 55 years, 9 months and 16 days.

Karrie Hansen was born in Denmark, April 27, 1870. She was united in marriage with Carl Jensen on February 17, 1887. Before moving to South Dakota, the family lived on a farm east of Westfield, Iowa. There came to bless their union five sons and seven daughters. Two minor daughters died while they lived in this county and were buried in the Adaville cemetery. Besides the husband, there are left five sons and five daughters to mourn her untimely departure: Lent, east of Westfield; Glenn, Jerry, Lee and Mrs. J. A. Maude, north of Vermillion, S.D.; Carl Jr., at Flandreau, S.D.; Mrs. S. Peterson; Mrs. G. W. Farrin, at Milton; and Mrs. R. W. Brown, at Elkton, S.D.; and Mrs. N. M. Nelson, at Marvin, S.D. She is also survived by nineteen grandchildren; also by one sister , Mrs. Inger Johnson, of Hinton, Ia.; and two brothers, Nels F. Hansen, of Elkton, S.D. and the other brother still lives in Denmark. She was a kind and devoted wife and mother and a helpful neighbor. Many friends extend sympathy to the sorrowing family.

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 1 o’clock in the English Lutheran Church in Akron, conducted by the pastor, Rev. O. F. Bohman. The Pallbearers were the five sons and a son-in-law of the deceased. Interment was in Riverside Cemetery.