Theodora Thea Marie (Langeland) MADSON

LANGELAND, MADSON, WESTRE, OGDEN, TORGERSON, ROMSELAND

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:07:01

Theodora (Thea) Marie (Langeland) MADSON
May 1891 --- December 28, 1931

Art Westre received word Tuesday morning of the death of his cousin, Mrs. Alfred Madson, who passed away at her home in Omaha Monday. Mrs. Madson was formerly Theo Langeland.

Eagle Grove Eagle -- Eagle Grove, Iowa
December 31, 1931

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MRS. THEODORA MADSON TAKES HER OWN LIFE OMAHA

Despondent because of continued ill health, Mrs. Theodore Madson, forty, mother of six children, stuffed all cracks in her doors and window and then turned on the gas in her room. The body was found by one of the children, who smelled the escaping gas at 5 a. m. Mrs. Madson left a note to "Daddy and the children,” in which she described her sufferings as "torture” and said she had no hopes of recovering from a breakdown suffered two years ago.

Lincoln Journal Star -- Lincoln, Nebraska
December 29, 1931

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Woman Dies of Gas; leaves six children

Mrs. Theodore Madson, 40, of 2563 Marcy street, died in her sleep after stuffing the cracks with papers and turning on the gas last night. She leaves a husband and six children.

Ill for two years, Mrs. Madson had suffered several nervous breakdowns recently. In a note to “Daddy and children” she described her suffering as “torture,” and said she had no hope of ever getting well. Alice, her 15-year old daughter, smelled gas escaping from her mother’s room at 5 a.m. and called police.

The body was taken to Brailey and Dorrance’s. Surviving are the husband and four daughters and two sons: Mrs. Helen Ogden, Thelma, Alice, Arlene, Everett and Orvil, all living at home.

Omaha World-Herald --- Omaha, Nebraska
December 29, 1931

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Notes: [Theodora (Thea) Marie Langeland was born May 1891 in Skjold, Rogaland Norway, to Andreas [Andrew] Langeland and Thea Marie Torgerson Romseland Langeland. She immigrated to Thor, Humboldt, Iowa and later to Eagle Grove, Wright, Iowa. She was allegedly the mother of an infant son who was born on April 3, 1911 and was murdered by his mother, (Teena Langeland) the same day and left under a bridge in Eagle Grove, Wright, Iowa. Teena confessed to the crime, but a judge dismissed the case due to insufficient legal evidence. Theodora married Alfred Madson on October 5, 1912 in Clarion, Wright, Iowa and died in Omaha, Nebraska. She is buried in West Lawn Cemetery in Omaha.]