Died 8 December 1989

Burial in Arlington Cemetery

Published in Pilot Tribune on 12 December 1989

Funeral services were Monday, December 11 at Arlington Community Church for Odessa M. Brown, 88 who died December 8, 1989 at Arbor Manor. Rev. Robert Saunders officiated. Burial was in the Arlington Cemetery at Arlington.

Odessa Svendgard was born June 3, 1901 in Orum, Nebraska. She grew up in Orum and moved to Arlington after her marriage to Lloyd Brown on November 24, 1919 in Omaha. She moved to Fremont in July, 1989.

A homemaker, she was a member of Arlington Community Church, Sarepta Chapter No. 48, Order of Eastern Star at Arlington and the Arlington American Legion Auxiliary.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Peter and Emma Jensen Svendgard; brothers, Soren, Nels, Andy, Alfred and Alvin; sisters, Elizabeth Anderson and Sena Andersen and a son Ronald.

She is survived by her husband, Lloyd of Fremont; three sons, LeRoy of Fremont, Donald of Boca Raton, Florida and Robert of Arlington; a daughter, Mrs. Eunice Arthur of Fremont; two sisters, Pearl Stricklett and Goldie (Mrs. Roy) Follen, both of Blair, 12 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were grandsons, Terry, Brown, Tom, Brown, Tim Brown, Nick Brown, Bill Brown and Bruce Brown, Dave Arthur, Doug Arthur and Dan Arthur.

Ruby House was organist. Elaine Cady was soloist.

Reckmeyer-Moser Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

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

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