Amelia S. (Oswald) Larson (1897-1994)

OSWALD, LARSON, DUNAWAY, THOMPSON, RAU, TESDALL, HORNESS

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 8/25/2025 at 18:29:46

From Story City Herald January 11, 1995 (page 6)

Amelia S. Larson

Amelia S. Larson, 97, of Story City, died Saturday, Dec. 31, 1994 of renal failure at Bethany Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services were held Monday, Jan. 2, 1995 at 1:30 p.m. at Grace United Methodist Church in Story City with Rev. Ray Hampton officiating. Burial was in Center Cemetery near Story City.

Amelia S. (Oswald) Larson was born Oct. 3, 1897 in Boone County, Iowa to Matt and Lydia (Dunaway) Oswald. On March 10, 1915, she married Lewis Larson. She was a homemaker. She moved to Story City in 1963 from a farm west of Story City. She had been a resident of Bethany Manor since March 18, 1993 and was a member of Grace United Methodist Church in Story City.

Immediate survivors include two daughters, Mildred Thompson and Katherine Rau, both of Story City; one son, Robert Larson of Roland; one sister, Mabel Tesdall of Story City; 11 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one brother, Carl Oswald, and three sisters, Josie Mary Oswald, Anna Jane Oswald and Beulah Horness.