OBITUARY: Helga Mae (Tollefson) Larson, 1896-1977, Mitchell County, Iowa



                       Helga Mae Tollefson Larson
                       
(Press News, Osage, Iowa; WED Aug 10, 1977)

Funeral Services for Mae Larson, 81, were held August 3, at the First
Lutheran church in St. Ansgar, Iowa.  Burial was in the First Lutheran
Cemetery, with the Rev. Stephen Engelstad officiating.  The Schroeder
and Dunn Home of St. Ansgar was in charge of arrangements.

Helga Mae Tollefson was born July 25, 1896 at St. Ansgar, the daughter
of Carl T. and Clara Oliva Lane Tollefson. Mae was baptized and confirmed
at First Lutheran church and was graduated from the St. Ansgar high school,
attended Iowa State University, and Gates Business College in Waterloo.

April 18, 1931, she was married to J. Leland Larson.   She lived in
Independence and Cresco, Iowa, and St. Ansgar.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Leland, in 1953; her parents and
a brother, Carl.

Surviving are her son Jim of Lombard, Illinois; three grandchildren;
three sisters: Thelma, Mrs. Glenn Toolson of Twin Falls, Idaho, Clarice,
Mrs. James Chase of Kalamazoo, Mich., and June, Mrs. Herbert Jones of
LaPorte, Indiana.



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