Monona County IA Archives Obituaries.....Evenson, Clara Sweum November 29, 1969
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Pioneer Lady Laid
To Rest Tuesday                            (From the collection of Vivian 
Norby Andersen)

	Clara Evenson, one of the early pioneers of the Soldier community, 
passed away at the Onawa hospital Saturday, Nov. 29.  
		Clara Evenson, a longtime resident of the Soldier community, 
passed from this life at the Burgess Memorial Hospital in Onawa on Saturday, 
November 29, 1969.
	She was born July 16, 1883 at Oslo, Norway and came to this country in 
1903 and had lived in the Soldier community since that time.  She was united 
in marriage to Nels Evenson in December, 1903.  He passed away in 1946.
	
	Mrs. Evenson is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Frank Jones of Dunlap, 
Iowa and Mrs. Ernest Harp of Santa Monica, California.  There are three 
grandchildren and three great grandchildren; one brother, Emil Sweum of Sioux 
City and two sisters, Mrs. Nina Korslund in Norway and a sister in 
Pennsylvania.  She was preceded in death by a daughter Christina Olson, one 
sister, Anna, and three brothers, Olaf Gustave and Adolph.


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