KNUT K. WIGEN
FUNERAL OF KNUT WIGEN ON SATURDAY
The funeral of Knut Wigen, who died suddenly at the home near Alverno Tuesday as result of a stroke or appolexy, will be held from the family home Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock and at the Jerpen Lutheran church, the Rev. A.O. White officiating, at 2 o'clock. Burial will be at the Jerpen cemetery.
Knut Wigen was born in Valders, Norway, August 6, 1851 and in 1854 came to America with his parents. Three days after landing his father was stricken with cholera and died and while en route to this county to make their home a daughter was born to the widowed mother. Alone with nine children in a strange land the mother was forced to earn a living for herself and the family and all assisted as soon as they were able.
Mr. Wigen had worked for seven years for Evans and Nuel when at the age of twenty-three he went to San Francisco where he remained for three years. He returned and was married to Bertha Torrison of Manitowoc Rapids, March 25, 1879 and then went to Northwood, Iowa to make his home, remaining there twenty years, but came back to this county when the health of Mrs. Wigen's mother began to fail her and have since made their home here.
Surviving Family
Besides the widow, four sons, Clarence and Arthur of this city, Walter, on the home farm and Kingslety of Detroit, and two sisters, Mrs. O.G. Mellen of Northwood, Iowa and Mrs. Ida Eddy of Montana survive him.
Mr. Wigen was a great lover of horses and made a hobby of training the animals at the farm. He was exhibiting his skill as a trainer to his little grandson on Sunday when he had visited the farm, making the horse do errands and tricks.
Never in politics, he was a home man who lived for his family and did everything he could to make them comfortable. A good husband and father and a friendly neighbor he enjoyed a wide circle of friends to whom the news of his death came as a shock.
Manitowoc Herald News, Thursday, October 11, 1923 P.12
FUNERAL OF KNUT WIGEN ON SATURDAY
The funeral of Knut Wigen, who died suddenly at the home near Alverno Tuesday as result of a stroke or appolexy, will be held from the family home Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock and at the Jerpen Lutheran church, the Rev. A.O. White officiating, at 2 o'clock. Burial will be at the Jerpen cemetery.
Knut Wigen was born in Valders, Norway, August 6, 1851 and in 1854 came to America with his parents. Three days after landing his father was stricken with cholera and died and while en route to this county to make their home a daughter was born to the widowed mother. Alone with nine children in a strange land the mother was forced to earn a living for herself and the family and all assisted as soon as they were able.
Mr. Wigen had worked for seven years for Evans and Nuel when at the age of twenty-three he went to San Francisco where he remained for three years. He returned and was married to Bertha Torrison of Manitowoc Rapids, March 25, 1879 and then went to Northwood, Iowa to make his home, remaining there twenty years, but came back to this county when the health of Mrs. Wigen's mother began to fail her and have since made their home here.
Surviving Family
Besides the widow, four sons, Clarence and Arthur of this city, Walter, on the home farm and Kingslety of Detroit, and two sisters, Mrs. O.G. Mellen of Northwood, Iowa and Mrs. Ida Eddy of Montana survive him.
Mr. Wigen was a great lover of horses and made a hobby of training the animals at the farm. He was exhibiting his skill as a trainer to his little grandson on Sunday when he had visited the farm, making the horse do errands and tricks.
Never in politics, he was a home man who lived for his family and did everything he could to make them comfortable. A good husband and father and a friendly neighbor he enjoyed a wide circle of friends to whom the news of his death came as a shock.
Manitowoc Herald News, Thursday, October 11, 1923 P.12
KNUT K. WIGEN
FUNERAL OF KNUT WIGEN ON SATURDAY
The funeral of Knut Wigen, who died suddenly at the home near Alverno Tuesday as result of a stroke or appolexy, will be held from the family home Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock and at the Jerpen Lutheran church, the Rev. A.O. White officiating, at 2 o'clock. Burial will be at the Jerpen cemetery.
Knut Wigen was born in Valders, Norway, August 6, 1851 and in 1854 came to America with his parents. Three days after landing his father was stricken with cholera and died and while en route to this county to make their home a daughter was born to the widowed mother. Alone with nine children in a strange land the mother was forced to earn a living for herself and the family and all assisted as soon as they were able.
Mr. Wigen had worked for seven years for Evans and Nuel when at the age of twenty-three he went to San Francisco where he remained for three years. He returned and was married to Bertha Torrison of Manitowoc Rapids, March 25, 1879 and then went to Northwood, Iowa to make his home, remaining there twenty years, but came back to this county when the health of Mrs. Wigen's mother began to fail her and have since made their home here.
Surviving Family
Besides the widow, four sons, Clarence and Arthur of this city, Walter, on the home farm and Kingslety of Detroit, and two sisters, Mrs. O.G. Mellen of Northwood, Iowa and Mrs. Ida Eddy of Montana survive him.
Mr. Wigen was a great lover of horses and made a hobby of training the animals at the farm. He was exhibiting his skill as a trainer to his little grandson on Sunday when he had visited the farm, making the horse do errands and tricks.
Never in politics, he was a home man who lived for his family and did everything he could to make them comfortable. A good husband and father and a friendly neighbor he enjoyed a wide circle of friends to whom the news of his death came as a shock.
Manitowoc Herald News, Thursday, October 11, 1923 P.12
FUNERAL OF KNUT WIGEN ON SATURDAY
The funeral of Knut Wigen, who died suddenly at the home near Alverno Tuesday as result of a stroke or appolexy, will be held from the family home Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock and at the Jerpen Lutheran church, the Rev. A.O. White officiating, at 2 o'clock. Burial will be at the Jerpen cemetery.
Knut Wigen was born in Valders, Norway, August 6, 1851 and in 1854 came to America with his parents. Three days after landing his father was stricken with cholera and died and while en route to this county to make their home a daughter was born to the widowed mother. Alone with nine children in a strange land the mother was forced to earn a living for herself and the family and all assisted as soon as they were able.
Mr. Wigen had worked for seven years for Evans and Nuel when at the age of twenty-three he went to San Francisco where he remained for three years. He returned and was married to Bertha Torrison of Manitowoc Rapids, March 25, 1879 and then went to Northwood, Iowa to make his home, remaining there twenty years, but came back to this county when the health of Mrs. Wigen's mother began to fail her and have since made their home here.
Surviving Family
Besides the widow, four sons, Clarence and Arthur of this city, Walter, on the home farm and Kingslety of Detroit, and two sisters, Mrs. O.G. Mellen of Northwood, Iowa and Mrs. Ida Eddy of Montana survive him.
Mr. Wigen was a great lover of horses and made a hobby of training the animals at the farm. He was exhibiting his skill as a trainer to his little grandson on Sunday when he had visited the farm, making the horse do errands and tricks.
Never in politics, he was a home man who lived for his family and did everything he could to make them comfortable. A good husband and father and a friendly neighbor he enjoyed a wide circle of friends to whom the news of his death came as a shock.
Manitowoc Herald News, Thursday, October 11, 1923 P.12
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