Cerro Gordo County IA Archives Obituaries.....Larsen, Ellen 1939
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Globe-Globe Gazette Apr. 1939
From the Mason City (Cerro Gordo, Iowa) Globe-Gazette, Saturday April 1, 1939,
p. 1, col. 7:

Manager of Decorah Theater Succumbs; Services on Sunday

DECORAH - Ellen Larsen, manager and operator of the Lyric theater, died Thursday
at her apratment on Water street after a few weeks illness.

Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 at the Larsen home and 2
o'clock at the Decorah Lutheran church with the Rev. O. Glesne officiating.
Burial at Decorah Lutheran cemetery.

From the Mason City (Cerro Gordo, Iowa) Globe Gazette, Wednesday, April 5, 1939,
p. 4, col. 8:

ELLEN LARSEN SERVICES HELD
Decorah Woman Was Operator of Lyric Theater 25 Years

DECORAH - Funeral services were held Sunday for Miss Ellen Larsen, 69, manager
of the Lyric theater, who died Friday morning at her apartment of Water street,
where she made her home with her sister, Sarah. The services were held in the
United Lutheran church, with the Rev. O. Glesne officiating. Burial was made in
the Lutheran cemetery.

Miss Larsen was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Iver Larsen, the former a pioneer
clothing merchant of Decorah. [She] was born in Decorah and spent almost her
entire life in this vicinity. For nearly 25 years she operated and managed the
Lyric theater, with the help of her sister, Sarah.

The following sisters survive: Mrs. C. W. Tullock, Minneapolis, and Miss Sarah,
of Decorah. A brother, Dr. Wallace Larsen, died this year.


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