Services for Mrs. Katrina Eskesen, former Newell resident, were held Sunday afternoon from the Danish Lutheran Church and Larson Funeral Home, Rev. H. Jorgensen, in charge. Interment was in the Newell cemetery. Pall bearers were Virgil, Royal, Gordon, Merlin and Ervin Kaiser and Wayne Johnson. Mrs. Katrina Eskesen was born March 21, 1861 at Spaetrap, Denmark and departed from this life December 17, 194 6 at Phoenix, Arizona. She reached the ripe, old age of 85 years, 8 months and 26 days. She came to Rockwell City, Iowa, from Denmark as a young woman. She lived there for four years. After that she worked out in Storm Lake, Iowa for the next 5 years. She was confirmed and joined the Lutheran Church at the ago of 14 in 1875, of which she has been a faithful member until death.
She was married to Soren Eskesen Feb. 24, 1890 at Palmer, la. They engaged in farming around Pomeroy, Iowa for several years and in 1908 moved to Newell, Iowa, where they lived on their acreage for about 30 years. She spent the rest of her life in the South and West on account of her health, two winters in Houston, Texas, one winter in Florida, and the rest in Arizona Her only immediate relative is her son, Stanley, who so tenderly took care of her until the end. She and her husband raised two other children: J. C. Johnson of Pomeroy Iowa, and Frank Christensen of Sioux City, Iowa. Three sisters and one brother preceded her in death. She has lived with her son Stanley ever since the death of her husband in 1926.
Source: The Newell Mirror December 26, 1946
She was married to Soren Eskesen Feb. 24, 1890 at Palmer, la. They engaged in farming around Pomeroy, Iowa for several years and in 1908 moved to Newell, Iowa, where they lived on their acreage for about 30 years. She spent the rest of her life in the South and West on account of her health, two winters in Houston, Texas, one winter in Florida, and the rest in Arizona Her only immediate relative is her son, Stanley, who so tenderly took care of her until the end. She and her husband raised two other children: J. C. Johnson of Pomeroy Iowa, and Frank Christensen of Sioux City, Iowa. Three sisters and one brother preceded her in death. She has lived with her son Stanley ever since the death of her husband in 1926.
Source: The Newell Mirror December 26, 1946
Services for Mrs. Katrina Eskesen, former Newell resident, were held Sunday afternoon from the Danish Lutheran Church and Larson Funeral Home, Rev. H. Jorgensen, in charge. Interment was in the Newell cemetery. Pall bearers were Virgil, Royal, Gordon, Merlin and Ervin Kaiser and Wayne Johnson. Mrs. Katrina Eskesen was born March 21, 1861 at Spaetrap, Denmark and departed from this life December 17, 194 6 at Phoenix, Arizona. She reached the ripe, old age of 85 years, 8 months and 26 days. She came to Rockwell City, Iowa, from Denmark as a young woman. She lived there for four years. After that she worked out in Storm Lake, Iowa for the next 5 years. She was confirmed and joined the Lutheran Church at the ago of 14 in 1875, of which she has been a faithful member until death.
She was married to Soren Eskesen Feb. 24, 1890 at Palmer, la. They engaged in farming around Pomeroy, Iowa for several years and in 1908 moved to Newell, Iowa, where they lived on their acreage for about 30 years. She spent the rest of her life in the South and West on account of her health, two winters in Houston, Texas, one winter in Florida, and the rest in Arizona Her only immediate relative is her son, Stanley, who so tenderly took care of her until the end. She and her husband raised two other children: J. C. Johnson of Pomeroy Iowa, and Frank Christensen of Sioux City, Iowa. Three sisters and one brother preceded her in death. She has lived with her son Stanley ever since the death of her husband in 1926.
Source: The Newell Mirror December 26, 1946
She was married to Soren Eskesen Feb. 24, 1890 at Palmer, la. They engaged in farming around Pomeroy, Iowa for several years and in 1908 moved to Newell, Iowa, where they lived on their acreage for about 30 years. She spent the rest of her life in the South and West on account of her health, two winters in Houston, Texas, one winter in Florida, and the rest in Arizona Her only immediate relative is her son, Stanley, who so tenderly took care of her until the end. She and her husband raised two other children: J. C. Johnson of Pomeroy Iowa, and Frank Christensen of Sioux City, Iowa. Three sisters and one brother preceded her in death. She has lived with her son Stanley ever since the death of her husband in 1926.
Source: The Newell Mirror December 26, 1946
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