Funeral services were held at the home in Fly Creek and at Our Saviour’s Lutheran church Monday afternoon for Mrs. Matt Everson, 84, who died at the Whitehall Community Hospital on November 16, following many months of failing health. The Rev O.G. Birkeland officiated at the last rites. Pallbearers, all grandsons, were Melford, Gavin and Orlin Stendahl and Arnold Quarne of Blair; Douglas Mason of Whitehall and Amos Tenneson of Milwaukee, while the flowers were carried by granddaughters, Mrs. Douglas Mason of Whitehall, Mmes. Melford and Gavin Stendahl of Blair and Misses Mavis and Iola Stendahl of Milwaukee. Special music was furnished by Mrs. Carl Jahr, who sang “Den Store Hvide Flok” and by a group from the Senior Choir of the church, whose selections were “Abide With Me” and “Jeg vid me en sovn I Jesu navn.” Burial was in Old Whitehall cemetery.
As Guro Julia Knudtson, Mrs. Everson was born September 14, 1860 in Telemarken, Norway to Anders and Margaret (Halvorsdtr) Knudtson and came to this country at the age of nine, settling with her parents on a farm in Fly Creek. On December 30, 1880, she was joined in marriage to Mathias “Matt” Everson, who preceded her in death December 21, 1929. The couple resided four years at Black River Falls and then moved to the farm in Fly Creek which remained their home until death.
Eleven children were born to the couple, three of them preceding her in death.
The surviving children are
1. Albert, Vancouver, Washington;
2. Melvin, Pigeon Falls;
3. Morris and
4. Goodwin on the home farm;
5. Mina, Mrs. James Mason, Eau Claire;
6. Ida, Mrs. Oscar Stendahl, Blair;
7. Lulu, Mrs. Edwin Estenson, Whitehall; and
8. Clara, LaCrosse.
She also leaves nine grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Mary (John J) Anderson (1865-1957) of Moorhead, Minnesota and Margaret, Mrs. August Bergquist, Minneapolis.
THE WHITEHALL TIMES - NOVEMBER 23, 1924
As Guro Julia Knudtson, Mrs. Everson was born September 14, 1860 in Telemarken, Norway to Anders and Margaret (Halvorsdtr) Knudtson and came to this country at the age of nine, settling with her parents on a farm in Fly Creek. On December 30, 1880, she was joined in marriage to Mathias “Matt” Everson, who preceded her in death December 21, 1929. The couple resided four years at Black River Falls and then moved to the farm in Fly Creek which remained their home until death.
Eleven children were born to the couple, three of them preceding her in death.
The surviving children are
1. Albert, Vancouver, Washington;
2. Melvin, Pigeon Falls;
3. Morris and
4. Goodwin on the home farm;
5. Mina, Mrs. James Mason, Eau Claire;
6. Ida, Mrs. Oscar Stendahl, Blair;
7. Lulu, Mrs. Edwin Estenson, Whitehall; and
8. Clara, LaCrosse.
She also leaves nine grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Mary (John J) Anderson (1865-1957) of Moorhead, Minnesota and Margaret, Mrs. August Bergquist, Minneapolis.
THE WHITEHALL TIMES - NOVEMBER 23, 1924
Funeral services were held at the home in Fly Creek and at Our Saviour’s Lutheran church Monday afternoon for Mrs. Matt Everson, 84, who died at the Whitehall Community Hospital on November 16, following many months of failing health. The Rev O.G. Birkeland officiated at the last rites. Pallbearers, all grandsons, were Melford, Gavin and Orlin Stendahl and Arnold Quarne of Blair; Douglas Mason of Whitehall and Amos Tenneson of Milwaukee, while the flowers were carried by granddaughters, Mrs. Douglas Mason of Whitehall, Mmes. Melford and Gavin Stendahl of Blair and Misses Mavis and Iola Stendahl of Milwaukee. Special music was furnished by Mrs. Carl Jahr, who sang “Den Store Hvide Flok” and by a group from the Senior Choir of the church, whose selections were “Abide With Me” and “Jeg vid me en sovn I Jesu navn.” Burial was in Old Whitehall cemetery.
As Guro Julia Knudtson, Mrs. Everson was born September 14, 1860 in Telemarken, Norway to Anders and Margaret (Halvorsdtr) Knudtson and came to this country at the age of nine, settling with her parents on a farm in Fly Creek. On December 30, 1880, she was joined in marriage to Mathias “Matt” Everson, who preceded her in death December 21, 1929. The couple resided four years at Black River Falls and then moved to the farm in Fly Creek which remained their home until death.
Eleven children were born to the couple, three of them preceding her in death.
The surviving children are
1. Albert, Vancouver, Washington;
2. Melvin, Pigeon Falls;
3. Morris and
4. Goodwin on the home farm;
5. Mina, Mrs. James Mason, Eau Claire;
6. Ida, Mrs. Oscar Stendahl, Blair;
7. Lulu, Mrs. Edwin Estenson, Whitehall; and
8. Clara, LaCrosse.
She also leaves nine grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Mary (John J) Anderson (1865-1957) of Moorhead, Minnesota and Margaret, Mrs. August Bergquist, Minneapolis.
THE WHITEHALL TIMES - NOVEMBER 23, 1924
As Guro Julia Knudtson, Mrs. Everson was born September 14, 1860 in Telemarken, Norway to Anders and Margaret (Halvorsdtr) Knudtson and came to this country at the age of nine, settling with her parents on a farm in Fly Creek. On December 30, 1880, she was joined in marriage to Mathias “Matt” Everson, who preceded her in death December 21, 1929. The couple resided four years at Black River Falls and then moved to the farm in Fly Creek which remained their home until death.
Eleven children were born to the couple, three of them preceding her in death.
The surviving children are
1. Albert, Vancouver, Washington;
2. Melvin, Pigeon Falls;
3. Morris and
4. Goodwin on the home farm;
5. Mina, Mrs. James Mason, Eau Claire;
6. Ida, Mrs. Oscar Stendahl, Blair;
7. Lulu, Mrs. Edwin Estenson, Whitehall; and
8. Clara, LaCrosse.
She also leaves nine grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Mary (John J) Anderson (1865-1957) of Moorhead, Minnesota and Margaret, Mrs. August Bergquist, Minneapolis.
THE WHITEHALL TIMES - NOVEMBER 23, 1924
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