Aasum, Mabel (Johnson) -- 1897 - 1980

AASUM, JOHNSON, GULLICKSON, HARELDSON

Posted By: Barry M. Dahl (email)
Date: 11/10/2010 at 13:22:42

Here is Mabel's Obituary as recorded in the Oct. 23, 1980, edition of the Mabel Record

Mrs. Mabel Aasum. 83. of Mabel died Monday morning at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester following an extended illness. The former Mabel Johnson, she was born Sept. 23, 1897, in Houston County, Minnesota, the daughter of Andrew and Louise (Gullickson) Johnson. On July 22, 1922, she married Olaf Aasum at the Highland Lutheran church. They farmed in the Hesper area until his death in 1957, and she moved to Mabel. She was a member of Mabel First Lutheran church and its ALCW.

Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Orris (Lucille) Hareldson, Lanesboro; eight grand-children; two brothers, Olaf and Henry Johnson of Mabel. Her husband, three sisters and two brothers and her parents preceded her in death.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Mabel First Lutheran church. Rev. Paul Tweeten officiating. Burial in the Hesper Lutheran cemetery. Visitation at the Mengis Funeral Home after 2 p.m. Wednesday.