Anna was born to parents Soren and Maren Sorensen (Sorensdatter) in Grue-Solar, Norway. She was baptized there and later confirmed in the faith by the Rev. Dahl. Her parents passed away while she was still a young girl, her father when she was but five years old and her mother nine years later. She is the last of a family of five children, three sons and two daughters.
Coming to America in 1873, she came directly to Albert Lea, where she arrived on July 4. For a number of years she lived with her brother Martin Holstad (FAG#104652221)in Bristol Township Worth County Iowa. In 1880 she was united in holy wedlock to John Ellingson Foss, of Danville Township. Together they established their home on a farm there, where they lived until 1917, when they moved to Northwood in their present home.
A year after they came to Northwood, Mrs. Foss suffered a ten weeks' siege of illness, from which she never fully recovered. For the past thirteen months she had been bedridden, and a great part of the time, particularly of late, had been in great pain.
During all this time she had been suffering from gangrene. The last week of her life she failed rapidly and on Monday it was apparent that her life of pain was drawing to a close. She remained conscious of all about her until the very end. A few minutes before her death, though so weak she could hardly speak above a whisper, she joined her pastor in prayer and a hymn and spoke to those gathered about her bedside. Shortly after, God's angel came to call her from her bed of pain in answer to her own sincere prayers. She fell peacefully asleep at 6:05 Monday evening, December 13 (1926) (A "contributory cause of death" was listed on her death certificate as "Gangrene of right foot and leg."
Mrs. Foss is survived by her husband, John, a daughter, Sophia, who so lovingly has cared for her invalid mother these many years, and a son Elling of East Grand Forks, Minn.
Anna Sorensen, 25 years old, and Berthis Sorensen, 21 years old (her sister) traveled by the boat Harald Haarfagre to Albert Lea, MN leaving June 10, 1873. They brought with them 50 speciedaler (about $45.00) This was, according to this source, "Quite a lot of money in Norway at this time."
What we have read is another example of the mettle engrained within these pioneers. So courageous and dedicated were they. Anna obviously complained little, even though she had endured a long period of extreme suffering in her last years. Thus we see that Anna endured an eight-year pain-wracked illness prior to her death in 1926.
Bio from The Golden Adventure, book by Vern H. Tenold, circa 1979.
Contributor: Tenold Proud (48622955)
Coming to America in 1873, she came directly to Albert Lea, where she arrived on July 4. For a number of years she lived with her brother Martin Holstad (FAG#104652221)in Bristol Township Worth County Iowa. In 1880 she was united in holy wedlock to John Ellingson Foss, of Danville Township. Together they established their home on a farm there, where they lived until 1917, when they moved to Northwood in their present home.
A year after they came to Northwood, Mrs. Foss suffered a ten weeks' siege of illness, from which she never fully recovered. For the past thirteen months she had been bedridden, and a great part of the time, particularly of late, had been in great pain.
During all this time she had been suffering from gangrene. The last week of her life she failed rapidly and on Monday it was apparent that her life of pain was drawing to a close. She remained conscious of all about her until the very end. A few minutes before her death, though so weak she could hardly speak above a whisper, she joined her pastor in prayer and a hymn and spoke to those gathered about her bedside. Shortly after, God's angel came to call her from her bed of pain in answer to her own sincere prayers. She fell peacefully asleep at 6:05 Monday evening, December 13 (1926) (A "contributory cause of death" was listed on her death certificate as "Gangrene of right foot and leg."
Mrs. Foss is survived by her husband, John, a daughter, Sophia, who so lovingly has cared for her invalid mother these many years, and a son Elling of East Grand Forks, Minn.
Anna Sorensen, 25 years old, and Berthis Sorensen, 21 years old (her sister) traveled by the boat Harald Haarfagre to Albert Lea, MN leaving June 10, 1873. They brought with them 50 speciedaler (about $45.00) This was, according to this source, "Quite a lot of money in Norway at this time."
What we have read is another example of the mettle engrained within these pioneers. So courageous and dedicated were they. Anna obviously complained little, even though she had endured a long period of extreme suffering in her last years. Thus we see that Anna endured an eight-year pain-wracked illness prior to her death in 1926.
Bio from The Golden Adventure, book by Vern H. Tenold, circa 1979.
Contributor: Tenold Proud (48622955)
Anna was born to parents Soren and Maren Sorensen (Sorensdatter) in Grue-Solar, Norway. She was baptized there and later confirmed in the faith by the Rev. Dahl. Her parents passed away while she was still a young girl, her father when she was but five years old and her mother nine years later. She is the last of a family of five children, three sons and two daughters.
Coming to America in 1873, she came directly to Albert Lea, where she arrived on July 4. For a number of years she lived with her brother Martin Holstad (FAG#104652221)in Bristol Township Worth County Iowa. In 1880 she was united in holy wedlock to John Ellingson Foss, of Danville Township. Together they established their home on a farm there, where they lived until 1917, when they moved to Northwood in their present home.
A year after they came to Northwood, Mrs. Foss suffered a ten weeks' siege of illness, from which she never fully recovered. For the past thirteen months she had been bedridden, and a great part of the time, particularly of late, had been in great pain.
During all this time she had been suffering from gangrene. The last week of her life she failed rapidly and on Monday it was apparent that her life of pain was drawing to a close. She remained conscious of all about her until the very end. A few minutes before her death, though so weak she could hardly speak above a whisper, she joined her pastor in prayer and a hymn and spoke to those gathered about her bedside. Shortly after, God's angel came to call her from her bed of pain in answer to her own sincere prayers. She fell peacefully asleep at 6:05 Monday evening, December 13 (1926) (A "contributory cause of death" was listed on her death certificate as "Gangrene of right foot and leg."
Mrs. Foss is survived by her husband, John, a daughter, Sophia, who so lovingly has cared for her invalid mother these many years, and a son Elling of East Grand Forks, Minn.
Anna Sorensen, 25 years old, and Berthis Sorensen, 21 years old (her sister) traveled by the boat Harald Haarfagre to Albert Lea, MN leaving June 10, 1873. They brought with them 50 speciedaler (about $45.00) This was, according to this source, "Quite a lot of money in Norway at this time."
What we have read is another example of the mettle engrained within these pioneers. So courageous and dedicated were they. Anna obviously complained little, even though she had endured a long period of extreme suffering in her last years. Thus we see that Anna endured an eight-year pain-wracked illness prior to her death in 1926.
Bio from The Golden Adventure, book by Vern H. Tenold, circa 1979.
Contributor: Tenold Proud (48622955)
Coming to America in 1873, she came directly to Albert Lea, where she arrived on July 4. For a number of years she lived with her brother Martin Holstad (FAG#104652221)in Bristol Township Worth County Iowa. In 1880 she was united in holy wedlock to John Ellingson Foss, of Danville Township. Together they established their home on a farm there, where they lived until 1917, when they moved to Northwood in their present home.
A year after they came to Northwood, Mrs. Foss suffered a ten weeks' siege of illness, from which she never fully recovered. For the past thirteen months she had been bedridden, and a great part of the time, particularly of late, had been in great pain.
During all this time she had been suffering from gangrene. The last week of her life she failed rapidly and on Monday it was apparent that her life of pain was drawing to a close. She remained conscious of all about her until the very end. A few minutes before her death, though so weak she could hardly speak above a whisper, she joined her pastor in prayer and a hymn and spoke to those gathered about her bedside. Shortly after, God's angel came to call her from her bed of pain in answer to her own sincere prayers. She fell peacefully asleep at 6:05 Monday evening, December 13 (1926) (A "contributory cause of death" was listed on her death certificate as "Gangrene of right foot and leg."
Mrs. Foss is survived by her husband, John, a daughter, Sophia, who so lovingly has cared for her invalid mother these many years, and a son Elling of East Grand Forks, Minn.
Anna Sorensen, 25 years old, and Berthis Sorensen, 21 years old (her sister) traveled by the boat Harald Haarfagre to Albert Lea, MN leaving June 10, 1873. They brought with them 50 speciedaler (about $45.00) This was, according to this source, "Quite a lot of money in Norway at this time."
What we have read is another example of the mettle engrained within these pioneers. So courageous and dedicated were they. Anna obviously complained little, even though she had endured a long period of extreme suffering in her last years. Thus we see that Anna endured an eight-year pain-wracked illness prior to her death in 1926.
Bio from The Golden Adventure, book by Vern H. Tenold, circa 1979.
Contributor: Tenold Proud (48622955)
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