OBITUARY: Sylvia M. Severson, Mitchell County, Iowa [Mitchell County Press-News, www.mcpress.com -- Posted Sept. 4, 2001] Sylvia M. Severson [1906-2001] Funeral services were held Tuesday, September 4, 2001 at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, for Sylvia M. Severson, age 95, of Osage. Rev. Karen Nichols Dungan officiated and interment was in the Osage Cemetery. She died Sunday, September 2, 2001 at Faith Home in Osage. She was born April 3, 1906 north of Charles City in Floyd County the daughter of Conrad and Mary Alice (Runyard) Erion. She received her education in rural schools. She married Carl Fredrick Freiberg in 1924. On Dec. 28, 1932 Sylvia married Harold J. Severson in Omaha, NB. They farmed near New Haven. In 1953 and they moved to Osage. Harold died in 1980. Sylvia loved to crochet, cook and read. Preceding her in death was her parents, Conrad and Mary (Runyard) Erion, her husband Harold in 1980, a daughte Bonnie Wayne in 1973; two brothers and five sisters. Sylvia is survived by three daughters, Mavis Kilby and husband, Clement of Charles City, Maxine Pattschull and husband, Everett of Charles City and Carmen Angell and husband Keith of Charles City; one son, William Severson and wife Mavis of Washburn; one brother Vern Erion and wife Nola of Sulfur Springs, TX; 14 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren. Copyright (c) 2001 by Kermit Kittleson; (Note: I am not necessarily related to the subject of the obituary.) This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. ************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material,must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. **************************************************************