Monona-Crawford County IA Archives Obituaries.....Larson, Anna Peterson November 8, 1960
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Anna Major Obituary               (From the collection of Vivian Norby 
Andersen)

	Anna Peterson was the third child born to her parents in Christiana, 
Norway.  She was born July 30, 1880.  When she was three weeks old, her mother 
brought her, with the brother Peter and sister Emma, to his(sic) country.  Her 
father had already come to make a home for them.
	She married Hans Larson March 2, 1898.  Three children were born to 
this union:  Oscar and Harold, both living in Dunlap, and Olga, Mrs. Conrad 
Rude, now of Ute.  Hans died September 30, 1931.
	She married Fred Major July 30, 1938 and moved to Dunlap that spring.  
Fred died that same year, Nov. 17.  Anna was living in Dunlap when she fell 
down a flight of stairs and suffered fatal injuries, Friday, Nov. 4.  She 
passed away at the Denison hospital Tuesday, Nov. 8, 1960 at the age of 80 
years, 3 months and 8 days.
	She is survived by a brother, Ole Peterson of Soldier; two sisters, 
Lena (Mrs. Swen) Swenson of Moorhead and Mrs. Nettie Sumner of Sioux City; her 
three children, Oscar, Harold and Olga (Mrs. Conrad Rude); ten grandchildren 
and thirty-three great grandchildren.  Four grandchildren and two great 
grandchildren, besides a brother Peter and two sisters, Emma and Bertha and a 
half-sister Agnetta, and her parent preceded her in death.
	She was buried in the Soldier Valley cemetery Friday, Nov. 11 
following services at the Lutheran church in Dunlap.  Pallbearers were Clayton 
Rude, Wilbur Rude, Gordon Larson, Milton Larson, Floyd Leaver and Clifford 
Thoreson.  At the services Mrs. Bernard Berens sang “The Old Rugged Cross” 
and “God Be With You Till We Meet Again”.  Organist was Mrs. Wm. Rannells.


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