Kloster, Christine 1878-1907

KLOSTER, NIELSEN

Posted By: Linda Mohning (email)
Date: 2/7/2006 at 12:53:07

Obituary
Christine Nielsen Kloster

Cruel death inflicted a most severe and highly painful wound to the heretofore so happy home of Christ Kloster of Fredonia township when on Sunday morning, July 14, it carried off Mrs. Kloster, the loving and beloved wife and mother in the prime of life.

The immediate cause of death was hemorrhage which appeared only about 48 hours before the end came.

Decedent was born as the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nis Nielson in Schleswig, Germany, on the 15th day of August 1878 and came to this country with her parents when but four years old. In September 1896 she became wife of Mr. C.P. Kloster, who mourns her too early demise with five children of whom the oldest of ten years, the youngest but fourteen months old.

Funeral services were held at the Ev. Lutheran church north of Oyens Wednesday morning, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Remsen cemetery, a large concourse of mourners and sympathizers paying parting respects to one whom they learned to love and respect as kind, upright severely wounded by her early death. In deepest mourning with the bereaved husband and children, are the parents of deceased, Mr. and Mrs. Nis Nelson of Fredonia township and three sisters.

Le Mars Sentinel —July 23, 1907

REMSEN
From the News

On Sunday the sad news of the death of the wife of C.P. Kloster of Fredonia township reached the ears of his many friends, here, which cast a gloom over our little city. Mrs. Christina Kloster was born in Schleswig, Germany, August 15, 1878, and died at her home in Fredonia township of internal hemorrhage. She came to America with her parents at the age of four years to Plymouth Co. where she resided up to her death. She was united in marriage to C.P. Kloster in September 1896, and to which union five children were born, the oldest 10 and the youngest 14 months. She was a Christian lady, being the leader of the ladies organization known as the Fra Kvinde Forenningen of the Danish Lutheran church, north of Oyens, a kind mother and a loving wife and her demise will be greatly missed by her relatives and many friends. The funeral occurred Wednesday from the Danish Lutheran church, the services being conducted by Rev. Bondo of Marcus.