Mrs. Sarah E. Sandow passed away at her home in Aberdeen, South Dakota, on April 7 [1917] after an illness of one week of pneumonia and old age, being at the time of her death 71 years, 3 months and 7 days of age. She was born January 1, 1846 in Norway. She moved to America with her parents in 1869, and was shortly after married to Erick O. Sandow of Estherville, Iowa. They settled in a farm four miles south of Estherville and lived there for several years but later moved to Aberdeen, South Dakota. To this union were born three children, Oliver, Mrs. Bertha Kramer and Edward, her only surviving child. The body was shipped back to the Wallingford cemetery where he husband and son are buried. The funeral was held on Wednesday, conducted by Rev. Severson, in the Riverside church. Her daughter, Mrs. Kramer, died in April, 1914, at Aberdeen, South Dakota.
Mrs. E. Sandow was a good woman. She had many trials and privations, as her husband died when the children were small.
Contributed by: Ruth Hackett. Source: from an Estherville newspaper item dated April 18, 1917 in a scrapbook compiled by Mrs. John K. Johnson, Wallingford.
Mrs. E. Sandow was a good woman. She had many trials and privations, as her husband died when the children were small.
Contributed by: Ruth Hackett. Source: from an Estherville newspaper item dated April 18, 1917 in a scrapbook compiled by Mrs. John K. Johnson, Wallingford.
Mrs. Sarah E. Sandow passed away at her home in Aberdeen, South Dakota, on April 7 [1917] after an illness of one week of pneumonia and old age, being at the time of her death 71 years, 3 months and 7 days of age. She was born January 1, 1846 in Norway. She moved to America with her parents in 1869, and was shortly after married to Erick O. Sandow of Estherville, Iowa. They settled in a farm four miles south of Estherville and lived there for several years but later moved to Aberdeen, South Dakota. To this union were born three children, Oliver, Mrs. Bertha Kramer and Edward, her only surviving child. The body was shipped back to the Wallingford cemetery where he husband and son are buried. The funeral was held on Wednesday, conducted by Rev. Severson, in the Riverside church. Her daughter, Mrs. Kramer, died in April, 1914, at Aberdeen, South Dakota.
Mrs. E. Sandow was a good woman. She had many trials and privations, as her husband died when the children were small.
Contributed by: Ruth Hackett. Source: from an Estherville newspaper item dated April 18, 1917 in a scrapbook compiled by Mrs. John K. Johnson, Wallingford.
Mrs. E. Sandow was a good woman. She had many trials and privations, as her husband died when the children were small.
Contributed by: Ruth Hackett. Source: from an Estherville newspaper item dated April 18, 1917 in a scrapbook compiled by Mrs. John K. Johnson, Wallingford.
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