Lynn J. Danielson 1906 - 1996

DANIELSON, RASSMUSSON, COLE, JENSEN

Posted By: LInda H Meyers (email)
Date: 4/14/2009 at 17:05:18

Lynn J. Danielson April 2 1906 - Feb. 29, 1996

Lynn J. Danielson, 89, of Roland, died Thursday at the Story County Long Term Care Facility, of cancer. Funeral services will be Monday at 2 p.m. at the Bergen Lutheran Church in Roland, with the Rev. Conrad Rolland officiating. Burial will be in the Roland Cemetery.
Lynn J. Danielson was born in Story County, the son of John S. and Rachel (Rassmusson) Danielson. On Nov. 18, 1933, he married Irene Cole.
Mr. Danielson farmed near Roland until 1959. He served as postmaster in Roland from 1960 to 1963, and as librarian at CAL Community School District and North Winneshiek Community School from 1963 to 1974. He retired in 1974. Mr. Danielson was a member of the Bergen Lutheran Church in Roland and the Roland Kiwanis. He was also cofounder of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum in Burr Oak.
Mr. Danielson is survived by his wife of Roland, one daughter, Karen Jensen of Ames; one son Lynn James "Jim" Danielson of Anchorage, Ala; 11 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and one brother, Ray Danielson of Nevada.
He was preceded in death by two sons, three brothers and two sisters.
Visitation will after 3 p.m. Sunday at Sonderstrum Funeral Home in Roland. The family will be present from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

--- from the Ames Tribune March 1, 1996