OBITUARY: Lawrence O. Wamstad, 1876-1946, Mitchell County, Iowa




                        Lawrence O. Wamstad

Lawrence O. Wamstad, former resident of Mitchell County, died at his home
in Roswell, ID on November 25, 1946 following an illness of several weeks,
according to word received here this week.  Interment was made in Boise, ID.

Lawrence was born December 22, 1876 in Cedar Township, the son of Ole and
Karine Peterson Wamstad.  He was educated in the country schools of Cedar
Township and grew to manhood here.  Later he attended the Nora Springs
Seminary.  In his youth he was confirmed in the Rock Creek Lutheran
Church and after going to Idaho, he joined the Presbyterian Church in
Roswell.  He went west in 1906 and helped develop the then desert land
into a now productive farming community.  On December 11, 1924, he was
married to Ethel Mathews in Boise, Idaho.
Surviving are his wife and three brothers: Carl of Parma, ID, Henry of
Osage, and Milton of Nora Springs.


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