Thomas County KS Archives Obituaries.....Peterson, Nelson October 11, 1891
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The Colby Tribune, Thomas County, Thursday, March 12, 1891

Died.--At the Opelt Hotel in Colby, Wednesday, March 11th, 1891, of pneumonia,
Nelson PETERSON, aged 61 years and three months.
The remains will be interred in the city cemetery tomorrow at 1 p.m. The members
of the I.O.O.F. of Colby will have charge of the funeral.
Mr. Peterson was born in Sweden but emigrated to this country at an early age.
He formerly lived in Iowa, Ills., and Nebr., and moved to Thomas county in the
spring of 1887. His life work was that of the ministry, and for many years he
labored among the people of his own nationality.
The immediate cause of his death was characteristic of his life. He contracted
the fatal disease while soliciting aid in Illinois for the needy people of this
county. For two months past he has labored inceasingly in this work.
He leaves a wife and several children to mourn his death.

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