Butler County KS Archives Obituaries.....Wattenstrom, Charles John December 14, 1932
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The El Dorado Times, December 15, 1932
Aged Resident Dies at Home

Charles John Wattenstrom, a farmer living eight miles northeast of Rosalia, 
died at his home late yesterday afternoon after an illness of nearly a year. He 
had been seriously ill, however, only for the past three weeks.

Mr. Wattenstrom, a native of Sweden, was 86 years old and had lived on the farm 
near Rosalia for 55 years, having secured shcool land from the government. He 
came to Kansas from Batavia, Ill., where he had lived for several years 
following his arrival in the United States when but a young man.  He was born 
in Sweden on March 24, 1846. Mr. Wattenstrom was a member of the Swedish 
Lutheran Church.

Surviving are two sons, R. E. Wattenstrom, of Loveland, Okla., and C. M> 
Wattenstrom, of Eureka; a daughter, Mrs. herbert Young of Chattanooga, Okla.; a 
stepson, John Soder, of Leslie, Miss.; and two grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at the Christian Church in Rosalia Saturday 
afternoon at 1 o'clock with Rev. J. P. Reeves officiating. interment will be 
made in the Blankenship Cemetery. The Byrd Funeral Home is in charge.

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