Kjose, Ed 1867-1934

KJOSE, SANDA

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Date: 4/23/2016 at 18:27:05

ESTEEMED AKRON MAN STRICKEN ON STREET FRIDAY

Death Comes Instantly to E. Kjose from a Cerebral Hemorrhage

Ed Kjose, a well known and esteemed resident of Akron and vicinity for many years, was stricken suddenly with cerebral hemorrhage as he was walking along the street Friday afternoon at about 4:30 o’clock and passed away immediately. He had been in his usual health, and a short time before had assisted his son, Clarence, load some coal at the Farmers’ Grain Co. He stopped at the postoffice to get his mail and had reached the corner at the Standard Oil filling station at Third and Reed streets when he was stricken. Henry Rossbach was walking beside and talking with Mr. Kjose when he was stricken without the slightest warning, and slumped to the sidewalk before Mr. Rossbach could even hold out a hand to assist him. A physician was hastily summoned but found that the spark of life had gone out.

Amund Olson Kjose was born of parents, Ole and Gunhild Kjose, in Gausdal, Pretegjeld, Norway, February 12, 1867, and was baptized March 24 of the same year. When he was two years of age, his parents left Norway, coming to America and settling on the old Kjose homestead in Union county, S. D., just north of the St. Paul Lutheran church, in the fall of 1869. Two months after they arrived, the family of six boys experienced the deep sorrow of losing their mother.

Here the boys grew to young manhood, Amund being the youngest of the six. He was united in marriage with Ingelborg Sanda on November 19, 1892, to which union was born four children, all of whom survive. For a year and a half they lived in Sioux City and thereafter on a farm west of Akron, known as the Ed. Kjose farm. This was their home until six years ago, when they moved to Akron and have continued to reside here since.

Left to mourn his departure are: His widow; one son, Clarence residing on the old Kjose farm, west of Akron; three daughters, Grace (Mrs. Lewis Satter, of Spink township, Union county, S. D.; Lillian Kjose at home; Edna Mrs. Carl Anderson of Akron; seven grandchildren; also four brothers, Tom, Ole and John Kjose of Union County, S. D. and Martin Kjose, of Sioux City.

Being a man of exceptional strength and vigor his death came as a shock both to the family and community at large. The sincere sympathy of many friends is extended to the bereaved relatives in the sudden lost of a kind and devoted husband, father and brother. Mr. Kjose has been a director of the Farmers’ Grain Co. here for a number of years also serving as president of the company. He will be greatly missed in the community.

Funeral services were held in the English Lutheran church in this city Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Walter I. Aamoth, of the St. Paul Luther congregation. A quartet sung hymns. There was a large attendance at the services. Interment was in Riverside cemetery.

Akron Register Tribune
Thursday, December 27, 1934

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Akron, Iowa:
Ed Kjose, 68, a well known and esteemed resident of Akron and vicinity for many years, was stricken suddenly with cerebral hemorrhage as he was walking along the street Friday afternoon, and passed away immediately.

He is survived by his wife, a son Clarece, residing on the Kjose farm, west of Akron, three daughters, Grace, Mrs. Lewis Satter, of Spink township, Union county, S.D.; Lillian Kjose, at home; Edna, Mrs. Carl Anderson, of Akron; seven grandchildren, four brothers, Tom, Ole and John Kjose, of Union county, S.D., and Martin Kjose, of Sioux City.

His parents homesteaded in Union county, South Dakota, in 1869, on coming from Norway.

Lemars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
Tuesday, January 1, 1935
Lemars, Iowa