OBITUARY: Esther Maakestad Sorose, 1895-1973, Mitchell County, Iowa



                      Esther Maakestad Sorose

Funeral services were held in Austin, Minnesota, for a former Osage woman,
Mrs. Esther Sorose, 78, who died there after a long illness.  Burial was
in the Grandview Memorial Gardens at Austin.

Esther Maakestad was born July 31, 1895 in Cedar Township, Mitchell County,
Iowa, the daughter of Martin and Emelia Nelson Maakestad.  She attended
the rural schools of her area and the Cedar Valley seminary in Osage.
She was married to Odin M. Sorose on June 6, 1917.  Mr. Sorose died in
July 1967.

They farmed in the Osage area until retiring to Austin.  Mrs. Sorose had
been in failing health for several months, and was confined to St. Mark's
Lutheran Home in Austin.

Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Clarence (Marilyn) Van Grevenhof of
Austin, MN; two grandsons; four great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs.
Clarence (Gladys) Klemesrud and Mrs. Kenneth (Nora) Klemesrud of Osage;
three brothers, John and Edwin Maakestad of Osage; Leonard Maakestad of
Mitchell; and several nieces and nephews.



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