Obituary Record

Maria Fredrika (Afvelin) Cronstrom
Died on 5/21/1940
Buried in Blair Cemetery

The date and place of this newspaper article was not recorded.

The Blair Cemetery records list her name as Maria Fredrika Afvelin Cronstrom and her death date as May 21, 1940 and her birth date as October 12,1885.

MARIA CRONSTROM RITE FRIDAY

Maria Cronstrom, wife of J. Cronstrom of this city, passed away Tuesday morning after an illness of several months duration.

She was born in Sweden, October 12, 1884 where she grew to maturity and where on April 12, 1908 she married to J. Cronstrom.

The family came to Blair in 1925 where they have resided since and where the husband followed his trade of tailoring. Since coming here the family has made a wide acquaintance and many friends will miss Mrs. Cronstrom and with the family will grieve over her loss.

Besides the husband she leaves three daughters, Mrs. Ivar Hultman, Mrs. Corrinne Smith and Mrs. Helen Claycamp all of Omaha and one son, Gus, in South America and a sister in Sweden.

Funeral services will be held on Friday at 2:00 p.m. from the Bendorf Funeral Home with Rev. R. P. Rasmussen in charge of interment will be made in the Blair Cemetery.

Cronstom, Mrs. J.

Burial in Blair Cemetery

#2-30 May, 1940 - The Enterprise

RITES HELD FOR MRS. J. CRONSTROM

Funeral rites were held last Friday afternoon at the Bendorf Funeral Home for Mrs. J. Cronstrom, who had died the preceding Tuesday morning as the result of several month's illness. Rev. R. P. Rasmussen officiated. Pallbearers were Emmett Rounds, Victor Johnson, Jake Bross, P.C. Petersen and Alfred Enger of Blair, Henry Petersen of Omaha. Burial was made in the Blair cemetery.

Attending the funeral from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Ivar Hultman and daughters, Mrs. Corinne Smith and daughters, Mrs. L. Claycamp and baby, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Petersen, and Mrs. Oscar Cronstrom of Omaha; Rudolph and Miss Lillian Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. Adolf Anderson and son of Lyons; Miss Dora Johnson of Bancroft; Mrs. Ruth Peck of Tekamah; Misses Johanna and Dona Bortzell, Mr. and Mrs. C.W.Pearson, and Mrs. Will Honanson and daughter of Oakland.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~

Find a Grave # 114315162 Blair Cemetery

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