Emma C. Godbersen 1904 - 1996

GODBERSEN, CHRISTIANSON, PETERSEN

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 2/17/2021 at 19:53:28

Sioux City Journal
22 December 1996

Emma C. Godbersen, 92, of Anthon died Thursday, Dec. 19, 1996, at Marian Health Center in Sioux City.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Anthon, with the Rev. Michael Harman officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery in Anthon. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today, with a prayer service at 4 p.m. at the Armstrong Funeral Home in Anthon.

Mrs. Godbersen was born Oct. 30, 1904, in Wallsbull, Germany, to Peter and Caroline (Christianson) Petersen. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. She attended school in Strukum, Germany, and found work as a homemaker in her area. In 1928, she came to the United States. She worked in Anthon. She married John Godbersen on Dec. 27, 1935, in Sioux City. They farmed in the Anthon area until their retirement in 1975. He died June 26, 1982. Mrs. Godbersen moved into Anthon in 1985, and became a resident of Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Correctionville in 1992. She enjoyed her flowers.

She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Anthon, and the Ladies Aid at the church.

Survivors include one son, Marvin of Anthon; two sisters, Clara Kamm of Quimby, Iowa, and Sophie Marxen of Germany; one granddaughter, Caroline Barnes of Anthon; two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband; one grandson; one great-grandson; two sisters; and three brothers.