Services were help Wednesday afternoon at the Klinger's Chapel for Mary Larson, 86, who passed away March 26, 1951 at the home of her son, Marcus Larson at Pleasant Hope, MO. The Rev. Roy Stribling officiated at the services and burial was in the Greenlawn Cemetery at Springfield, Missouri. Pall bearers were her six grandsons, Louis Larson, Duane Larson Jr., Robert Larson, John Larson, Norman Wilson and Hurbert Pedersen.
Mary Larson was born January 18, 1865 in Vensyel, Denmark. She came to the United States when she was 14 years old with her brother and sister. They made their home in Harlan, Iowa.
December 26, 1882 she was married to Richard Larson and to this union were born four sons and three daughters. Her husband preceded her in death on Nov. 9, 1927 at Herrick, South Dakota, also her brother the late Soren Larson of Harlan, Iowa.
She was a member of the Baptist Church and was one of the first members of the Danish Baptist Aid Society in Harlan, Iowa.
She is survived by her children John Larson of Atlanta, GA, Marcus Larson of Pleasant Hope, MO, Louis R. Larson of St. Louis, MO, Richard J. Larson of Harlan, Iowa, Christena Severns of Springfield, MO and Laura Abraham of Santa Ana, California and Jennie McNaulty of Melbourne, Flordia; one sister, Martena Adkins of Emmett, Idaho; 24 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchldren.
Those attending the funeral in Missouri were John Larson of Atlanta, GA, Louis Larson and son Bob of St. Louis, MO, Richard and Maude Larson of Harlan, Iowa, Laura and Hubert Pedersen of Irwin, Mr and Mrs Louis Larson, Mrs Ula Schuemann and Henry Larson of Harlan, Iowa and Duane and Virginia Larson of Idaho Springs, CO.
Mary Larson was born January 18, 1865 in Vensyel, Denmark. She came to the United States when she was 14 years old with her brother and sister. They made their home in Harlan, Iowa.
December 26, 1882 she was married to Richard Larson and to this union were born four sons and three daughters. Her husband preceded her in death on Nov. 9, 1927 at Herrick, South Dakota, also her brother the late Soren Larson of Harlan, Iowa.
She was a member of the Baptist Church and was one of the first members of the Danish Baptist Aid Society in Harlan, Iowa.
She is survived by her children John Larson of Atlanta, GA, Marcus Larson of Pleasant Hope, MO, Louis R. Larson of St. Louis, MO, Richard J. Larson of Harlan, Iowa, Christena Severns of Springfield, MO and Laura Abraham of Santa Ana, California and Jennie McNaulty of Melbourne, Flordia; one sister, Martena Adkins of Emmett, Idaho; 24 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchldren.
Those attending the funeral in Missouri were John Larson of Atlanta, GA, Louis Larson and son Bob of St. Louis, MO, Richard and Maude Larson of Harlan, Iowa, Laura and Hubert Pedersen of Irwin, Mr and Mrs Louis Larson, Mrs Ula Schuemann and Henry Larson of Harlan, Iowa and Duane and Virginia Larson of Idaho Springs, CO.
Services were help Wednesday afternoon at the Klinger's Chapel for Mary Larson, 86, who passed away March 26, 1951 at the home of her son, Marcus Larson at Pleasant Hope, MO. The Rev. Roy Stribling officiated at the services and burial was in the Greenlawn Cemetery at Springfield, Missouri. Pall bearers were her six grandsons, Louis Larson, Duane Larson Jr., Robert Larson, John Larson, Norman Wilson and Hurbert Pedersen.
Mary Larson was born January 18, 1865 in Vensyel, Denmark. She came to the United States when she was 14 years old with her brother and sister. They made their home in Harlan, Iowa.
December 26, 1882 she was married to Richard Larson and to this union were born four sons and three daughters. Her husband preceded her in death on Nov. 9, 1927 at Herrick, South Dakota, also her brother the late Soren Larson of Harlan, Iowa.
She was a member of the Baptist Church and was one of the first members of the Danish Baptist Aid Society in Harlan, Iowa.
She is survived by her children John Larson of Atlanta, GA, Marcus Larson of Pleasant Hope, MO, Louis R. Larson of St. Louis, MO, Richard J. Larson of Harlan, Iowa, Christena Severns of Springfield, MO and Laura Abraham of Santa Ana, California and Jennie McNaulty of Melbourne, Flordia; one sister, Martena Adkins of Emmett, Idaho; 24 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchldren.
Those attending the funeral in Missouri were John Larson of Atlanta, GA, Louis Larson and son Bob of St. Louis, MO, Richard and Maude Larson of Harlan, Iowa, Laura and Hubert Pedersen of Irwin, Mr and Mrs Louis Larson, Mrs Ula Schuemann and Henry Larson of Harlan, Iowa and Duane and Virginia Larson of Idaho Springs, CO.
Mary Larson was born January 18, 1865 in Vensyel, Denmark. She came to the United States when she was 14 years old with her brother and sister. They made their home in Harlan, Iowa.
December 26, 1882 she was married to Richard Larson and to this union were born four sons and three daughters. Her husband preceded her in death on Nov. 9, 1927 at Herrick, South Dakota, also her brother the late Soren Larson of Harlan, Iowa.
She was a member of the Baptist Church and was one of the first members of the Danish Baptist Aid Society in Harlan, Iowa.
She is survived by her children John Larson of Atlanta, GA, Marcus Larson of Pleasant Hope, MO, Louis R. Larson of St. Louis, MO, Richard J. Larson of Harlan, Iowa, Christena Severns of Springfield, MO and Laura Abraham of Santa Ana, California and Jennie McNaulty of Melbourne, Flordia; one sister, Martena Adkins of Emmett, Idaho; 24 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchldren.
Those attending the funeral in Missouri were John Larson of Atlanta, GA, Louis Larson and son Bob of St. Louis, MO, Richard and Maude Larson of Harlan, Iowa, Laura and Hubert Pedersen of Irwin, Mr and Mrs Louis Larson, Mrs Ula Schuemann and Henry Larson of Harlan, Iowa and Duane and Virginia Larson of Idaho Springs, CO.
