Lee, Lars 1856 – 1943

LEE, DAHLEN

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 10/19/2016 at 17:57:36

Lars Lee Dies

Funeral services for Lars Lee, 84, were held Friday at the Glenwood Lutheran church with Rev. Alfred Bredesen officiating. The [illegible] funeral home was in charge of arrangements. Mr. Lee, a brother of Agrim K. Lee of Decorah, had been ill a long time, the last two weeks of which he was in bed. He died Jan. 5, 1943, at his home in Glenwood township. Mr. Lee was born in Lardahl, Sogn, Norway, August 3, 1856*. When he was 20 he came to this country, directly to Winneshiek county, and lived always in Glenwood township with the exception of three years in Larimore, N.D. Julia Dahlen became his wife Oct. 13, 1891*, and she and one son, Arthur at Scandinavia, Wis., survive.
[*the indicated dates that were very difficult to read accurately, and are best guesses by the transcriber]

Source: IAGenWeb Special Project Iowa Old Press database: Decorah Journal January 14, 1943

Transcriber’s Note: The birth year of 1856 doesn’t agree with the age listed above but it is also indicated on his gravestone.

Glenwood Lutheran Cemetery
 

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