Sarah (Knutson) Sandness (1854-1940)

KNUTSON, SANDNESS, BRALAND, DYVIG

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 10/14/2024 at 13:23:37

From Story City Herald November 21, 1940 (page 2)

MRS. CHRISTIAN SANDNESS

Mrs. Christian Sandness, whose maiden name was Sarah Knutson, was laid to rest at the Fairview Cemetery on November 4, 1940. The funeral services were held from the Lewis Braland home and Immanuel Lutheran church, where Mrs. Sandness had long been a charter member and a faithful worshipper. The Revs. Heimarck and Paulsrud officiated.

The parents of Mrs. Sandness, Kettle and Anna Knutson, came to America from Norway in 1853, and settled on a farm near Capron, in Boone county, Ill. The Knutson family came to Iowa in 1865 and settled on a farm four miles northeast of Story City, where Mrs. Sandness grew to womanhood.

She was confirmed by the Rev. Nels Amlund in 1868, and on Dec. 20, 1875, she was united in marriage to Christian Sandness. Mr. Sandness passed away in the year 1895, and Mrs. Sandness moved to Story City in 1907. For the past five years she has lived in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Braland, where she passed away peacefully on Saturday morning, Nov. 2, 1940, at the age of 85 years, 10 months and two days.

To the union of Christian and Sarah Sandness were born five children, all of whom are living, namely: John of Hartford, Wash.; Anna (Mrs. Lewis Braland) of Story City, Charles of New Richland, Minn., Henry of Lodi, Calif., and Clarence of Davenport.

She is also survived by a brother, Ole Knutson of Medford, Ore.; one sister, Belle Dyvig of Webster City; 15 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren.

The pallbearers were Lewis Beroen, Chris Johnson, Henry Beroen, A. J. Henryson, Edwin Dyvig and Thomas A. Johnson.