MRS. HOLSTEIN PASSES AWAY MAY 28
Mrs. Christina Holstein, an old settler of Grant Township, passed away Tuesday, May 28th, at the Blair Hospital where she had been for a week following a fall which resulted in painful injuries.
Mrs. Holstein was born in Denmark May 30, 1855, and was thus 84 years of age at her death. She came to America in 1863 and on September 7, 1872, was married to Christian F. Holstein, a son of the commander of the Danish military forces in the West Indies.
They made their home on a farm in Grant Township until the death of the husband, May 31, 1930. Since that time she has made her home with her children, spending most of her time with Mrs. Emma Cameron.
Mrs. Holstein is survived by nine children, the sons Fred, Julius, Victor, Samuel, Edward, Dewey; the daughters, Nora Newkirk, Emma Cameron, and Hattie Skov. Two daughters passed away in infancy. She is also survived by 38 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on May 31st from the Bendorf Funeral Parlors and the Norwegian Lutheran Church at Orum with Rev. H.C. Jorgensen in charge. Interment was in the Orum cemetery.
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cemetery records; obituary courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.
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Mrs. Christina Holstein, an old settler of Grant Township, passed away Tuesday, May 28th, at the Blair Hospital where she had been for a week following a fall which resulted in painful injuries.
Mrs. Holstein was born in Denmark May 30, 1855, and was thus 84 years of age at her death. She came to America in 1863 and on September 7, 1872, was married to Christian F. Holstein, a son of the commander of the Danish military forces in the West Indies.
They made their home on a farm in Grant Township until the death of the husband, May 31, 1930. Since that time she has made her home with her children, spending most of her time with Mrs. Emma Cameron.
Mrs. Holstein is survived by nine children, the sons Fred, Julius, Victor, Samuel, Edward, Dewey; the daughters, Nora Newkirk, Emma Cameron, and Hattie Skov. Two daughters passed away in infancy. She is also survived by 38 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on May 31st from the Bendorf Funeral Parlors and the Norwegian Lutheran Church at Orum with Rev. H.C. Jorgensen in charge. Interment was in the Orum cemetery.
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cemetery records; obituary courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.
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MRS. HOLSTEIN PASSES AWAY MAY 28
Mrs. Christina Holstein, an old settler of Grant Township, passed away Tuesday, May 28th, at the Blair Hospital where she had been for a week following a fall which resulted in painful injuries.
Mrs. Holstein was born in Denmark May 30, 1855, and was thus 84 years of age at her death. She came to America in 1863 and on September 7, 1872, was married to Christian F. Holstein, a son of the commander of the Danish military forces in the West Indies.
They made their home on a farm in Grant Township until the death of the husband, May 31, 1930. Since that time she has made her home with her children, spending most of her time with Mrs. Emma Cameron.
Mrs. Holstein is survived by nine children, the sons Fred, Julius, Victor, Samuel, Edward, Dewey; the daughters, Nora Newkirk, Emma Cameron, and Hattie Skov. Two daughters passed away in infancy. She is also survived by 38 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on May 31st from the Bendorf Funeral Parlors and the Norwegian Lutheran Church at Orum with Rev. H.C. Jorgensen in charge. Interment was in the Orum cemetery.
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cemetery records; obituary courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.
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Mrs. Christina Holstein, an old settler of Grant Township, passed away Tuesday, May 28th, at the Blair Hospital where she had been for a week following a fall which resulted in painful injuries.
Mrs. Holstein was born in Denmark May 30, 1855, and was thus 84 years of age at her death. She came to America in 1863 and on September 7, 1872, was married to Christian F. Holstein, a son of the commander of the Danish military forces in the West Indies.
They made their home on a farm in Grant Township until the death of the husband, May 31, 1930. Since that time she has made her home with her children, spending most of her time with Mrs. Emma Cameron.
Mrs. Holstein is survived by nine children, the sons Fred, Julius, Victor, Samuel, Edward, Dewey; the daughters, Nora Newkirk, Emma Cameron, and Hattie Skov. Two daughters passed away in infancy. She is also survived by 38 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on May 31st from the Bendorf Funeral Parlors and the Norwegian Lutheran Church at Orum with Rev. H.C. Jorgensen in charge. Interment was in the Orum cemetery.
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cemetery records; obituary courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.
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