Bringsjord, Mary (Haugen) died 1945

BRINGSJORD, BRINGSJARD, JOHNSON, BRANHAGEN

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 4/11/2016 at 12:26:35

Dubuque Telegraph Herald, Mon., 31 Dec. 1945.

Decorah- Funeral services for Mrs. Tonnes Bringsjard, 86, were held Monday afternoon by the Rev. T. A. Hoff, from the parlors of the Winnesiek Burial association to the First Lutheran church. Burial was in the Lutheran cemetery. Mrs. Bringsjord died Friday evening, at her home, 710 Franklin street.

As Mary Haugen, Mrs. Bringsjord was born Sept. 12, 1850, in Norway, and came to America with her parents in her girlhood. On Nov. 2, 1899, she was married to Tonnes Bringsjord, who survives. She is also survived by the following children: Melvin Bringsjord, Medelia, Minn., Ole, Helen, Mrs. Ole Johnson, Amanda, and Mrs. William Branhagen, all of Decorah. Thomas and Martin Haugen are surviving brothers.

Note: Several of the obituaries in this edition of this newspaper show dates that do not seem to add up. In this obituary the given age at death, date of birth and date of the newspaper do not appear to add up. A smaller, less informative, obit also appears in the Mason City Globe-Gazette dated 31 Dec. 1945, and gives her age at death as 86, but does not give a birth date. A photo of her gravestone shows a birth year of 1859. The correct spelling of the surname is Bringsjord.

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