Wife of Manuel Carlson (1879-1963). Daughter of Andrew and Christine Hamlow. Sister of Rosy Hamlow Swanson (1871-1954), Mary Hamlow Anderson (1873-1962), Walter Hamlow (1874-1943), Oscar Hamlow (1877-1936), and Sophie Hamlow Walker (1884-1936).
The Hamlow Clan News, August1974
Mrs. Mollie E. Carlson passed away at Homestead HOme, March 26, 1974, where she had been a resident since June 1970. She spent 76 of her 92 years in Lancaster County; the other sixteen she lived in Benedict, Nebr., where her husband had a harness business.
She was married to Manuel A. CArlson June 30, 1906, at her parents' creek farm at Waverly. Manuel passed away November 13, 1963. She was a member of the Lutheran church at Benedict.
Much of her life had been spent looking after others, caring for relatives and friends in illness and times of need. She was recognized by many civix groups and the Waverly Methodist Church and Benedict Lutheran Church for generous cash gifts.
Her survivors include 37 nieces and nephews and a host of friends. Services were held at Waverly United Methodist Church. Pallbearers were nephews, Carl Swanson, Cliff Anderson, Joe and John Hamlow, Gerrit Tyler and John Schlaphoff. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery at Waverly.
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Tribute by Rolla Swanson (great-nephew):
In August of 1970, at the ripe age of 89, she rode in a horse and buggy in a parde celebrating the Waverly centennial. As I think of this, I realize how young my home community really is. Waverly's entire history is practically covered by the lifetime of Aunt Mollie. . .
After Uncle Man's death, she lived alone and maintained her independence until she was 89 and finally moved to a nursing home. You never visited her home in Waverly but what you got a cup of coffee and something she had baked. In my youth the highlight of Christmas for me was to get up early on Christmas morning, attend Julotta service at Bethlehem Covenant Church, and then Aunt Mollie would have an enormous breakfast prepared for our family after we got back to Waverly. She seemed to be "Aunt Mollie" to about a third of the Waverly community. For not only did her many nieces and nephews call her that, but also many Waverly people who weren't even related to her.
Here was a great example of growing old gracefully. Although she was very hard of hearing, up until the last few months she knew what was happening in Washington, D.C., in Viet Nam, and on the streets of Chicago. When she was 89 or 90 one afternoon I recall discussing the problem of poverty in America with her. At the time I felt she hadmore concern for the poor in our country than many people one one-third her age. She maintained a great openness to life until the last few weeks of her journey. . . .
Aunt Mollie was not one to talk a great deal about the Christian faith. That was not her style. Instead, she lived her Christian faith. She lived it through great generosity with her and Uncle Man's material possessions, through concern for all her friends and relatives, and through openness to life even past 92 years of age.
The Hamlow Clan News, August1974
Mrs. Mollie E. Carlson passed away at Homestead HOme, March 26, 1974, where she had been a resident since June 1970. She spent 76 of her 92 years in Lancaster County; the other sixteen she lived in Benedict, Nebr., where her husband had a harness business.
She was married to Manuel A. CArlson June 30, 1906, at her parents' creek farm at Waverly. Manuel passed away November 13, 1963. She was a member of the Lutheran church at Benedict.
Much of her life had been spent looking after others, caring for relatives and friends in illness and times of need. She was recognized by many civix groups and the Waverly Methodist Church and Benedict Lutheran Church for generous cash gifts.
Her survivors include 37 nieces and nephews and a host of friends. Services were held at Waverly United Methodist Church. Pallbearers were nephews, Carl Swanson, Cliff Anderson, Joe and John Hamlow, Gerrit Tyler and John Schlaphoff. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery at Waverly.
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Tribute by Rolla Swanson (great-nephew):
In August of 1970, at the ripe age of 89, she rode in a horse and buggy in a parde celebrating the Waverly centennial. As I think of this, I realize how young my home community really is. Waverly's entire history is practically covered by the lifetime of Aunt Mollie. . .
After Uncle Man's death, she lived alone and maintained her independence until she was 89 and finally moved to a nursing home. You never visited her home in Waverly but what you got a cup of coffee and something she had baked. In my youth the highlight of Christmas for me was to get up early on Christmas morning, attend Julotta service at Bethlehem Covenant Church, and then Aunt Mollie would have an enormous breakfast prepared for our family after we got back to Waverly. She seemed to be "Aunt Mollie" to about a third of the Waverly community. For not only did her many nieces and nephews call her that, but also many Waverly people who weren't even related to her.
Here was a great example of growing old gracefully. Although she was very hard of hearing, up until the last few months she knew what was happening in Washington, D.C., in Viet Nam, and on the streets of Chicago. When she was 89 or 90 one afternoon I recall discussing the problem of poverty in America with her. At the time I felt she hadmore concern for the poor in our country than many people one one-third her age. She maintained a great openness to life until the last few weeks of her journey. . . .
Aunt Mollie was not one to talk a great deal about the Christian faith. That was not her style. Instead, she lived her Christian faith. She lived it through great generosity with her and Uncle Man's material possessions, through concern for all her friends and relatives, and through openness to life even past 92 years of age.
Wife of Manuel Carlson (1879-1963). Daughter of Andrew and Christine Hamlow. Sister of Rosy Hamlow Swanson (1871-1954), Mary Hamlow Anderson (1873-1962), Walter Hamlow (1874-1943), Oscar Hamlow (1877-1936), and Sophie Hamlow Walker (1884-1936).
The Hamlow Clan News, August1974
Mrs. Mollie E. Carlson passed away at Homestead HOme, March 26, 1974, where she had been a resident since June 1970. She spent 76 of her 92 years in Lancaster County; the other sixteen she lived in Benedict, Nebr., where her husband had a harness business.
She was married to Manuel A. CArlson June 30, 1906, at her parents' creek farm at Waverly. Manuel passed away November 13, 1963. She was a member of the Lutheran church at Benedict.
Much of her life had been spent looking after others, caring for relatives and friends in illness and times of need. She was recognized by many civix groups and the Waverly Methodist Church and Benedict Lutheran Church for generous cash gifts.
Her survivors include 37 nieces and nephews and a host of friends. Services were held at Waverly United Methodist Church. Pallbearers were nephews, Carl Swanson, Cliff Anderson, Joe and John Hamlow, Gerrit Tyler and John Schlaphoff. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery at Waverly.
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Tribute by Rolla Swanson (great-nephew):
In August of 1970, at the ripe age of 89, she rode in a horse and buggy in a parde celebrating the Waverly centennial. As I think of this, I realize how young my home community really is. Waverly's entire history is practically covered by the lifetime of Aunt Mollie. . .
After Uncle Man's death, she lived alone and maintained her independence until she was 89 and finally moved to a nursing home. You never visited her home in Waverly but what you got a cup of coffee and something she had baked. In my youth the highlight of Christmas for me was to get up early on Christmas morning, attend Julotta service at Bethlehem Covenant Church, and then Aunt Mollie would have an enormous breakfast prepared for our family after we got back to Waverly. She seemed to be "Aunt Mollie" to about a third of the Waverly community. For not only did her many nieces and nephews call her that, but also many Waverly people who weren't even related to her.
Here was a great example of growing old gracefully. Although she was very hard of hearing, up until the last few months she knew what was happening in Washington, D.C., in Viet Nam, and on the streets of Chicago. When she was 89 or 90 one afternoon I recall discussing the problem of poverty in America with her. At the time I felt she hadmore concern for the poor in our country than many people one one-third her age. She maintained a great openness to life until the last few weeks of her journey. . . .
Aunt Mollie was not one to talk a great deal about the Christian faith. That was not her style. Instead, she lived her Christian faith. She lived it through great generosity with her and Uncle Man's material possessions, through concern for all her friends and relatives, and through openness to life even past 92 years of age.
The Hamlow Clan News, August1974
Mrs. Mollie E. Carlson passed away at Homestead HOme, March 26, 1974, where she had been a resident since June 1970. She spent 76 of her 92 years in Lancaster County; the other sixteen she lived in Benedict, Nebr., where her husband had a harness business.
She was married to Manuel A. CArlson June 30, 1906, at her parents' creek farm at Waverly. Manuel passed away November 13, 1963. She was a member of the Lutheran church at Benedict.
Much of her life had been spent looking after others, caring for relatives and friends in illness and times of need. She was recognized by many civix groups and the Waverly Methodist Church and Benedict Lutheran Church for generous cash gifts.
Her survivors include 37 nieces and nephews and a host of friends. Services were held at Waverly United Methodist Church. Pallbearers were nephews, Carl Swanson, Cliff Anderson, Joe and John Hamlow, Gerrit Tyler and John Schlaphoff. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery at Waverly.
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Tribute by Rolla Swanson (great-nephew):
In August of 1970, at the ripe age of 89, she rode in a horse and buggy in a parde celebrating the Waverly centennial. As I think of this, I realize how young my home community really is. Waverly's entire history is practically covered by the lifetime of Aunt Mollie. . .
After Uncle Man's death, she lived alone and maintained her independence until she was 89 and finally moved to a nursing home. You never visited her home in Waverly but what you got a cup of coffee and something she had baked. In my youth the highlight of Christmas for me was to get up early on Christmas morning, attend Julotta service at Bethlehem Covenant Church, and then Aunt Mollie would have an enormous breakfast prepared for our family after we got back to Waverly. She seemed to be "Aunt Mollie" to about a third of the Waverly community. For not only did her many nieces and nephews call her that, but also many Waverly people who weren't even related to her.
Here was a great example of growing old gracefully. Although she was very hard of hearing, up until the last few months she knew what was happening in Washington, D.C., in Viet Nam, and on the streets of Chicago. When she was 89 or 90 one afternoon I recall discussing the problem of poverty in America with her. At the time I felt she hadmore concern for the poor in our country than many people one one-third her age. She maintained a great openness to life until the last few weeks of her journey. . . .
Aunt Mollie was not one to talk a great deal about the Christian faith. That was not her style. Instead, she lived her Christian faith. She lived it through great generosity with her and Uncle Man's material possessions, through concern for all her friends and relatives, and through openness to life even past 92 years of age.
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