| #1-4 May, 1939 - The Enterprise
MRS. ELIZABETH H. MICHELSEN
Elizabeth Hunter Michelsen, 92 years of age, passed away Saturday evening, April 29, at the home of a granddaughter, who resided in Omaha.
Deceased was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and came to this country in 1864. She was married to Anton Michelsen July 23, 1870, and to them seven children were born five of whom survive. They are Mrs. Christina Kindred of Omaha, George of DeSoto, Mrs. Charlotte Matthews of Winnebago, Ollie of Oakland and Harry of Omaha.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Campbell’s Mortuary with Rev. Ralph P. Rasmussen officiating, and interment was made in the Blair cemetery.
#2-May 4, 1939- Fort Calhoun Chronicle- Elizabeth Michelsen
Pioneer Passes On
Mrs. Anthony ( Elizabeth) Michelsen, who came to DeSoto in 1873, died in Omaha Saturday, April 29, at the age of 93 years. She was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, October 16, 1846, and at the age of 18 years came to Philadelphia, Pa., where she remained about two years, then residing in Davenport, Ia., for a year, coming to Omaha in 1867, where she lived until she came to DeSoto with her husband in 1873. They accumulated over 1100 acres of land adjacent to the Missouri river, most of which has since been eaten away by the stream. They moved to Omaha in 1914, Mr. Michaelson passing away ten years later. Seven children were born to them, five of whom survive; Mrs. Christena Kindred of Omaha, George of Ft. Calhoun, Mrs. Charlotte Matthews of Winnebago, Ole of Oakland and Harry of Omaha.
Mrs. Michelsen possessed in marked degree the courage, friendliness and helpfulness of the Nebraska pioneers, and while most of those who first settled in Nebraska have passed on, the memory of the long and useful life of Mrs. Michaelson, like those others who suffered early day hardships, will long remain.
The funeral services were held Tuesday, with burial in the Blair cemetery.
~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~ | 
