Carl J. Ersland (-1935)

ERSLAND, PENDALL

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 10/31/2008 at 06:15:02

Ames Daily Tribune and Times, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Monday, November 18, 1935.

Carl Ersland Dies at Home Here Sunday

Carl J. Ersland, 66, life-long resident of Story county, died Sunday morning at his home at 215 Seventh street. Mr. Ersland had been ill with cancer for a long time.

He was born in Cambridge June 10, 1869 and was engaged in the grocery business there for many years. He moved to Ames about 10 years ago.

Surviving him are his wife; two sons, Arnold and Lester, both of Ames; one daughter, Alice, Ames; six brothers, K. A., Driscoll, N. D.; M. L., Cheyenne, Wyo.; Arthur, Chickasha, Okla.; Seward, Kansas City, Kan.; J. A., Des Moines, and Elias, Ames; and two sisters, Mrs. S. O. Pendall, Northfield, Minn., and Miss Martha Ersland, Fernald.

Private funeral services will be held at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday from the Adams chapel, with the Rev. J. N. Anderson of the Fjeldberg Lutheran church, Huxley, in charge. Burial will be in the Fjeldberg cemetery south of Huxley.