MRS. ERNA JESSEN DIES

Mrs. Erna Jessen, 80, died of a heart ailment last Saturday, September 12th, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. James of Elmo, Missouri. Mrs. Jessen resided in Blair at W. Park street since 1909, but had lived at Elmo, Missouri since last April.

Surviving Mrs. Jessen are two daughters, Mrs. M. James of Elmo, Missouri and Mrs. Ethel Rasmussen of Oregon.

Funeral services were held in Blair Monday morning at the First Lutheran church with interment at Wisner, Nebraska, Rev. James N. Lund officiating.

Note: The Vig Files at the Danish American Archives has her name recorded as Anna Kristin and her husband Andrew. There is a Lizzie M. Jessen buried in the Wisner, Nebr. cemetery. FindaGrave Memorial #36702124

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