Marius Vig, brother of Dr. P. S. Vig of this city, died in the hospital in Williston, North Dakota March 7th, and the body was brought here Sunday for burial. The funeral was held at the Danish church Monday afternoon at 2:30, Rev. I. N. Hansen and Dr. P. S. Vig officiating. Deceased was born in Denmark September 7th, 1866 and so was past 55 years of age. He came to this country in 1889, starting on a ship that was lost in mid Atlantic, and he was taken back to the mainland, coming over safely on another vessel. He spent two years in Iowa, then went to Wisconsin where he remained until about 1896 when he was offered a position on a ranch near Williston which had been his home ever since. He was taken down with pneumonia and was rushed to the hospital where death found him. He was never married. He was next to the youngest of seven brothers, five of whom are now living. Dr. P. S. Vig is the eldest of the family. Burial was in the Blair cemetery.

#2-16 Mar., 1922 - The Tribune - Marius Sorensen Vig

BROTHER OF PROF. P. S. VIG BURIED HERE ON MONDAY

Marius Sorensen Vig, a brother of Prof. P. S. Vig, D.D., of Dana College, departed this life in McKenzy county, North Dakota on March 7, 1922, the cause of his death being pneumonia.

Marius Sorensen Vig was born September 7, 1866 at Vorbasse, Jutland, Denmark, and was one of several brothers.

In 1890 he came to America where four brothers had preceded him. He located in Iowa and afterwards moved to Wisconsin. In 1896 he went with a cattle company to McKenzie county, N.D., where he has since lived on a ranch. He was never married, having lost the sweetheart of his early life.

His nephew, James Vig of Ft. Benton, Mont., accompanied the remains to Blair, reaching here Sunday. The body was taken to the Campbell undertaking parlors to wait until the hour of the funeral from the Danish Lutheran church on Monday afternoon. The services were conducted by Rev. J. N. Hansen and Prof. P. S. Vig, and a full choir furnished the funeral songs.

The brothers surviving him are: Prof. P. S. Vig, D.D. of Dana College, Blair; Chris S. Vig, Brush, Colo.; Soren Chr. Vig, Luck, Wis.; and James and Mike of Harlan, Iowa. He joined the I.O.O.F. lodge at Roberts, Wis. in 1895.

As the living brothers were so widely scattered, and Blair seemed to be the most central place for them to reach, they decided that this was the right place to bring the body for interment, which was laid to rest on the very brightest day of the early spring in God’s Acre near our little city.

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

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