Martha (Nervig) FOSSEL

NERVIG, FOSSEL, HILL, VOLDEN, NELSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/15/2010 at 11:58:30

13 April 1855 -- 27 April 1911

Mrs. Ole Fossel of Pickettsville, Illinois dies of lockjaw as result of scratching finger on barbwire - Funeral last Saturday. The death of Mrs. Ole Fossel occurred last Thursday morning at 7 o'clock at her home in Pickettsville about ten miles southwest of Paxton. About two weeks before her death she received a scratch on one of her fingers from a barb wire, and shortly after blood poisoning set in. Her case failed to respond to medical treatment and lockjaw developed, causing her death. The funeral was held last Saturday afternoon. A brief service was held at the home about 1 o'clock, Rev. J. W. Waltz of Ludlow reading the 90th Psalm and offering prayer. The choir from the Norwegian Lutheran Church, southeast of Elliot, sang three selections. The funeral party proceeded to the church where at 2 o'clock the funeral service proper was held, Rev. J Lonne, pastor of the deceased, officiating. Rev. Lonne read as a scripture lesson I. Cor. 15. The sermon was based on the text, John 11:25-26, "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth in me shall never die. Believeth thou this"? The church choir sang three selections during the service.

Martha Nervig was born in Olen, Norway, April 13, 1855. She came with her parents to America in 1867, the family settling in Polk Co., Iowa. She was married to Ole Fossel, Mar. 21, 1874, and died April 27, 1911, aged 56 years and 14 days. She leaves to mourn her loss, her husband, and eight children-five sons and three daughters. The sons are Thomas, Paul and Julian at home, and Amos and Walter, of Gilbert Station, Iowa. The daughters are Mrs. Severt Hill, of Kanawha, Iowa; Mrs. Jas Volden, of Brayonia, Tex., and Victoria at home. Mrs. Fossel is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson, of Hardy, Iowa, and three brothers, Jas. Nervig of Hardy, Iowa; Omer Nervig of Eagle Grove, Iowa, and Ole Nervig of Silverton, Oregon.