Grace Mae (Peterson) KNUTSON

KNUTSON, PETERSON, MILLS, BARNES, TREES, GRIFFITH

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/11/2014 at 12:23:34

December 25, 1893 --- August 11, 1959

Mrs. Ole Knutson Dies; Funeral Set
Mrs. Ole (Grace Mae) Knutson, 65, of Dolliver died of a lingering illness yesterday at a Fairmont [Minnesota] Hospital, where she had been hospitalized for one year. Mrs. Knutson was born Dec. 25, 1893, in Wright County, the daughter of Melvin Peterson and Sarah June Mills Peterson. She received her education in schools at Dows and at Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls. She was married to Ole Knutson Dec. 1, 1917 at Dolliver, and they have farmed in that area since their marriage. Mrs. Knutson was a member of the Dolliver Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Linley (Sheryl) Barnes; one sister, Mrs. E.C. (Mary) Trees of Armstrong; one brother, Kenneth M. Peterson, of Minneapolis; and her father, Melvin Peterson of Dolliver. She was preceded in death by one son, Russell Dale Knutson in 1929, her mother, and one sister, Mrs. Harry (Racheal) Griffith. Funeral services will be Saturday, Aug. 15, at 2 p.m. at the Dolliver Methodist Church. Friends may call at the Sternborg Funeral Home from Thursday at 7:00 p.m. and at the Knutson farm home south of Dolliver on Saturday from 8 a.m. until 1:30 pm. Burial will be in the Dolliver cemetery.

Estherville Daily News - Estherville, Iowa
August 12, 1959