OBITUARY: Taran (Olsen) Norby, 1837-1912, Mitchell County, Iowa




                         Taran Olsen Norby

Mrs. Tharan Norby was born in Hedalen, Norway, October 21, 1837, the
eldest daughter of Ole Olsen Juvebraaten and Anne Olsdatter Fonhuseie.

She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran church of her native
land.  She came to this country with her widowed mother, brother, and
sister in the summer of 1857 and made her home near Black Earth, Dane
County, Wisconsin.  The following year she was united in marriage to
Halstein Iverson (Norby).  They purchased a farm in that neighborhood
where they lived eleven years.  They came to Mitchell County in the
summer of 1869 and purchased a half section of land in the Rock Creek
settlement, eight miles southwest of Osage where she has lived ever
since.

The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Norby has been blessed with twelve children,
nine of which, six sons and three daughters survive her; Iver, Olaus,
and Lauritz of Rock Creek, Carl living south of St. Ansgar, Henry of
Cooperstown, ND, Edward of McVille, ND, the daughters, Mrs. Anton
(Marie) Lundene and Mrs. N.J. (Thea) Johnson of Rock Creek and Mrs.
Martin (Elizabeth) Klemesrud of McVille, ND. She was preceded in death
by her son Edward I in 1880 and two other children in infancy.

Mrs. Norby lived a pious and active life and brought her family up
"In the Nurture and Admonition of the Lord."

Her husband died in the fall of 1896.  She died April 16, 1912, at the
home of her eldest daughter, Mrs. Anton Lundene, with whom she had made
her home a few weeks of her last illness.

The funeral services were held April 19th at the Rock Creek Lutheran
church of which she was always a faithful member.  She was laid to
rest in the cemetery near the church beside her husband and three
children who had gone before.


       Copyright 2004, Steve Norby