Edmund L. Hollingsworth, 91, Sykeston, died Tuesday, April 3, in a Harvey hospital.
His funeral was Friday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Sykeston, with burial in Heaton Cemetery, Heaton, N.D.
A son of Charles and Eva Hollingsworth, he was born April 1, 1893 in Mound City, Mo. At age 5 he came with his parents to the Sykeston area to farm.
He was reared there and began farming on his own in 1913.
On Oct. 6, 1927, he married Alma Christensen in Dickinson.
They lived on a farm near Sykeston until 1956 when they moved to Heaton. They continued to farm there until retiring in the mid 1960s. In 1978 they moved back to Sykeston.
He was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church.
Survivors include his wife; daughters, Mrs. Orville (Jean) Peterson, Bismarck, Mrs. Roscoe (Ardis) Iverson, Janesville, Wisc; seven grandchildren; one great-grandchild; brothers, Frank and Ralph Hollingsworth, both Carrington; sisters, Mrs. Hattie Daniels, Sykeston, Mrs. Delphia Martin, Detroit Lakes, Minn.
Edmund L. Hollingsworth, 91, Sykeston, died Tuesday, April 3, in a Harvey hospital.
His funeral was Friday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Sykeston, with burial in Heaton Cemetery, Heaton, N.D.
A son of Charles and Eva Hollingsworth, he was born April 1, 1893 in Mound City, Mo. At age 5 he came with his parents to the Sykeston area to farm.
He was reared there and began farming on his own in 1913.
On Oct. 6, 1927, he married Alma Christensen in Dickinson.
They lived on a farm near Sykeston until 1956 when they moved to Heaton. They continued to farm there until retiring in the mid 1960s. In 1978 they moved back to Sykeston.
He was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church.
Survivors include his wife; daughters, Mrs. Orville (Jean) Peterson, Bismarck, Mrs. Roscoe (Ardis) Iverson, Janesville, Wisc; seven grandchildren; one great-grandchild; brothers, Frank and Ralph Hollingsworth, both Carrington; sisters, Mrs. Hattie Daniels, Sykeston, Mrs. Delphia Martin, Detroit Lakes, Minn.
Family Members
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Mary Rhoda Hollingsworth Butts
1883–1969
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Otho Hollingsworth
1884–1967
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Claude Parris Hollingsworth
1885–1967
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Bertha Ella Hollingsworth Sanderson
1887–1939
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Frank Leslie Hollingsworth
1889–1984
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Esther May Hollingsworth Lowery
1891–1932
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PVT Martin Luther Hollingsworth
1895–1918
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PVT Martin Luther Hollingsworth
1895–1918
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Hattie Hollingsworth Daniel
1897–1997
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Delphia Ann Hollingsworth Martin
1901–1986
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Walter Wayne Hollingsworth
unknown–1980
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