OBITUARY: Irene C. (Sanden) Edwardson, 1917-2004, Worth Co., Iowa [Adapted from Northwood Anchor online - posted Jan 21, 2004] Irene C. Edwardson Funeral service for Irene C. Edwardson, 86, of St. John's Lutheran Home, will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Jeff Lager-Hagemeister will officiate. Interment will be in the Elk Creek Cemetery, rural Kensett, Iowa. Irene died on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2004. Irene C. Edwardson was born on June 17, 1917, in Worth County, Iowa, the daughter of Amund and Julie (Hanson) Sanden. She was baptized and confirmed at the Bristol Lutheran Church. She attended school at Bristol Township #5 and Kensett High School. She was a former member of the Bristol Lutheran Church and a member of Oakland Lutheran Church. On Nov. 25, 1933 she married Anton (Tony) Edwardson at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. Tony preceded her in death. Survivors include her daughter Elaine and her husband Donald (Dick) Carlsen of Albert Lea, Minnesota; granddaughter Wendy Nelson, grandson Kim and his wife Tammie Carlsen; great-grandchildren Jennifer Nelson, Jason Nelson, Wendy Carlsen and her special friend Jeff Runden, Anne and her husband Brian Egeness, Chris Baldwin and Dustin Baldwin; great-great-grandchildren Jake Nelson, Nicholas Runden, Laura Runden and Hailey Egeness. She was preceded in death by her husband Tony; her parents; her brothers Abel, Helmer, Clarence and Gilman Sanden and her sister Alpha Harang. Copyright 2004, K.L. Kittleson