Edith P. Eklund

EKLUND, SNIDER, BROWN, BLISS, SANDERSON, KARSTENSON

Posted By: Ruth McDowell (email)
Date: 7/1/2010 at 16:25:07

Afton Star Enterprise-- Thursday April 23, 1981

Edith Eklund, 80, of Wendell, Idaho, died at 1:30 a.m. Monday at Twin Falls, Idaho hospital. She is the sister of Mrs. (Esther) Roy Eklund of Afton.

Edith Eklund was born April 2, 1901 in Union County to Robert and Winnie Snider. She was married to Bernard A. Eklund on Dec. 29, 1920. They moved to Idaho in 1936. Mr. Eklund passed away in 1961.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two sons, Floyd and Paul; a sister, Ethel Wilkie.

Survivors include a daughter, Dorothy (Mrs. Fred) Bliss of Fresno, Calif.; a son, Boyd Eklund of Fairfield, Idaho; seven grandchildren; great-grandchildren; and three sisters Esther (Mrs. Roy) Eklund, Elsie (Mrs. Howard) Sanderson of Placitas, New Mexico; and Eleanor (Mrs. Maryatt) Karstenson of Augusta, Wisc.

Graveside services were held Wednesday in Gooding, Idaho.