Alice M. (Larson) KELLY FERNELIUS

FERNELIUS, LARSON, LUNNING, KELLY, TVEDT, PETERSON, ANDERSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 10/1/2015 at 02:43:37

January 31, 1899 --- June 8, 1967

Funeral services for Mrs. Harry Fernelius, who passed away Thursday, June 8 at the age of 68 years, at Faribault Manor Nursing Home after an extended illness, were held at 1 p.m. Monday, June 12. Services were held at the First English Lutheran Church with the Rev. Donald T. Hansen officiating. Soloist Mrs. Gene Severson was accompanied by Mrs. Ronald Spring at the organ. Pallbearers were Stanley Larson, Roger Larson and Harry McColley of Waseca; Frank Anderson of Humbolt, Iowa; Earl white of Austin and Donald Larson of Northwood, Iowa. Interment was in Oak Ridge Cemetery at Faribault.

Alice M. Larson was born Jan. 31, 1899 to Martin and Martha Lunning Larson at Eagle Grove, Iowa, where she lived until 1914. She attended Eagle Grove country and public schools. On June 21, 1914, she was united in marriage to Joseph A. Kelly at Eagle Grove, Iowa. Mr. Kelly passed away in 1947. She married Harry Fenelius on Sept. 17, 1952 at Sioux falls, S.D. She resided in Albert Lea from 1914 to 1959 and then moved to Faribault where she resided until her death. Mrs. Fernelius was a member of the First Lutheran Church at Albert Lea and a member of the First English Lutheran Church of Faribault.

She is survived by her husband; by two daughters, Mrs. Harold Tvedt (Loretta) of Minneapolis and Mrs. Elwood Peterson (Vivian) of Plainfield, N.H.; four sons, Robert J. Kelly of Albert Lea, John, James and Joseph Kelly of Washington, D.C.; 12 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Art Anderson of Humboldt, Iowa and Mrs. A. K. Peterson (Mary) of Barnesville, Minn.; three brothers, Andrew Larson of Albert Lea, Gerhard Larson of Humboldt, Iowa, Edward Larson of Winona; nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Faribault Daily News -- Faribault, Minnesota
June 16, 1967