Monona County IA Archives Obituaries.....Wangberg, Johan O. August 15, 1965
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REV. JOHN WANGBERG
CALLED TO REST                             (From the collection of Vivian 
Norby Andersen)

	Rev. Johan O. Wangberg, 93, passed away Sunday evening, August 15 at a 
Council Bluffs hospital, following a three weeks illness.  Mr. Wangberg had 
relatives in the Soldier community and at times preached at Soldier Lutheran 
Church.
	Born at Frosta, Norway, he came to the United States at the age of 
19.  A retired Lutheran minister, Rev. Wangberg attended St. Olaf College, 
Northfield, Minn.  A 1906 graduate of Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn., he was 
ordained a Lutheran minister that same year.  He served pastorates at Mohall, 
North Dakota, Irwin, Iowa; Bowman, North Dakota; Rolfe, Iowa and Ottosen, 
Iowa.  He retired in 1953 and moved to Co. Bluffs.  He was a member of Our 
Saviors Lutheran Church there.
	He was preceded in death by his wife, Hilda, on December 24, 1953.
	He is survived by two daughters, Miss Martha Wangberg, teacher at 
Thomas Jefferson high school in Co. Bluffs, and Mrs. Judith King, former 
resident at Nickerson, Kansas, registered nurse at Jennie Edmundson hospital; 
two sons, Rev. Orland Wangberg, Duncomb, Iowa and Rev. Reuben Wangberg, Thief 
River Falls, Minn.; 12 grandchildren; one great grandchild; one brother, 
Johannes living in Norway; nieces and nephews.  Mr. Wangberg has made his home 
with his two daughters.
	Funeral services were held Wednesday, August 8 at 10:30 a.m. at Our 
Savior Lutheran Church in Council Bluffs with Rev. Werner Bischoff, pastor, 
officiating.  Graveside services were at Soldier Valley Cemetery at Soldier at 
2:00.  Meyer Funeral Home of Co. Bluffs was in charge.


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