Elma (Wicks) Wierson (1892-1954)

WICKS, WIERSON, PENNELL, OLSON, MUNSON

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 2/10/2021 at 12:07:12

From Nevada Evening Journal November 10, 1954 (page 4)

Funeral Services Held For Mrs. Elma Wierson

ROLAND--Funeral services for Mrs. Elma Wierson were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Erickson Funeral Home and at 2:30 at the Bergen Lutheran church with Rev. Allen E. Nelson in charge.

A solo "What a Friend we have in Jesus," was sung by Esther Wierson, accompanied by Mrs. Martin Moe, at the funeral home. The triple trio of Bergen church sang, "The Old Rugged Cross," and "Peace I Leave with You," accompanied by Mrs. Otto J. Hanson, at the church.

Pall bearers were Ernest Olson, Orville Olson, Ernest Wicks, Ward Wierson, Eugue Wierson and Clifford Wierson. Interment was in the Roland cemetery.

Mrs. Elma Wierson, daughter of the late Ole and Julia Wicks, was born October 13, 1892, in Cabery, Ill., and passed away at the Immanuel Lutheran hospital in Omaha, Nebr., on Thursday, October 28, 1954, at the age of 62 years and 15 days.

She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran church. At the age of two and a half years she moved with her parents to Wright county, Iowa.

On January 21, 1925 she was united in marriage to Oscar Wierson. To this union were born two children, Mrs. Lee Pennell (La Vonne) of Omaha, Nebr., and Willard, at home. They lived on the Wierson homestead northeast of Roland until 1940 when they moved to the present farm.

For the past two months she has been at the home of her daughter in Omaha.

Mrs. Wierson was preceded in death by her husband and her parents. She is survived by her two children, three grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Eli Olson of Kanawha and Mrs. Knute Munson of Story City, three brothers, Cryder Wicks of Kanawha, Melvin Wicks of Lewistown, Mont., and Herman Wicks of Rogue River, Ore.

Mrs. Wicks was active in the Bergen Lutheran Ladies Aid and Circle.

Relatives and friends attending the funeral were from Roland, McCallsburg, Story City, Zearing, Radcliffe, Clarion, Kanawha, Belmond, Des Moines, Jewell, Ames, Nevada, Perry, Toledo, Sheffield, Waterloo, Algona, Omaha, Nebr., Minneapolis, Minn.