Obituary Record

Soren Anderson
Died on 4/15/1904
Buried in Thone Cemetery

21 Apr., 1904 - Blair Republican - Soren Anderson

DIED - At the home of his son near Pilger, Neb. on Friday, April 15th, 1904, Mr. Soren Anderson of old age, being 88 years, 6 months and 1 day old. The deceased was born in Norway Oct. 14, 1815. He was united in marriage to Miss Johanna Poulsen in 1843. In 1848 they came to the United States and settled in Wisconsin, from there they came to Nebraska and settled in Washington county in 1870. A short time ago he went to live with his son near Pilger, Nebraska where he died on Friday, April 15th. He was the father of eleven children, and of these four sons survive him. He was a brother of Mrs. Peter Johnson and Mrs. Watson Tyson of Blair, Mr. A. Anderson of Herman and Mrs. Geo. Tyson of Wisconsin. The remains were brought to Blair, and the funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. B. Priest on Monday, April 18, at 9:30 a.m. at the home of Mrs. Peter Johnson, and the body was laid to rest at the Thone Cemetery beside his wife and child.

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

Find a Grave Memorial #55659668

Printed in the Blair Republican on 4/21/1904


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