Obit for TUVEY, Emma (Johnson) (b.1852 d.1937), Chisago Co., MN
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Chisago County Press 15 April 1937
CHARTER MEMBER OF TAYLORS FALL CHURCH IS DEAD
Mrs. Nelson Tuvey Passes Away in Minneapolis Wednesday Morning
Mrs. Nelson Tuvey, 84 years of age and the last living charter member 
of the Taylors Falls Lutheran Church died at 10 a.m. yesterday at the 
home of her daughter, Mrs. A. E. Lindberg in Minneapaolis. The end 
came from a stroke following an illness to which she was subject 
since Easter. Mrs. Tuvey had been practically blind since last summer.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow, Friday, at 2 p.m. from the 
Chisago Lake Lutheran Church at Center City with Rev. C. E. Slatt, 
pastor officiating. Rev. Omar Brenne, pastor of the Lake Nokomis 
Lutheran Church which Mrs. Tuvey attended regularly during her two 
year stay in Minneapolis, will also be present to aid in the services 
for this beloved woman. Pallbearers will be six grandsons, namesly: 
Roy Sorenson, Woodrow Johnson, Curtiss Holmgren, James Swanson, 
Elliot Tuvey and Donald Tuvey. Interment will be made at Taylors 
Falls in the Kahbahkong Cemetery.
The deceased, whose maiden name was Emma Louise Johnson, was born 
August 18, 1852 in Smoland, Sweden and came to this country in 1863 
coming to Taylors Falls by steamboat on the St. Croix from 
Stillwater. She stayed in Taylors Falls and was married in 1870 to 
Nelson Tuvey. The couple settled on a farm 1-1/2 miles northwest of 
Taylors Falls, where they remained until 1911 when they moved to 
Center City in retirement. Mr. Tuvey died in the spring of 1924. Mrs. 
Tuvey then lived with one of her daughters, Mrs. Ida V. L. Johnson 
until two years ago when she moved to Minneapolis, in the fall of 
1934. Nine children were born to Mr. And Mrs. Tuvey two of whom have 
preceded her in death.
Those who live to mourn her loss are the following daughters and son: 
Mrs. Hannah Sorenson, Mrs. Nancy Johnson and Mrs. Georgia Berger all 
of St. Paul, Mrss. Nellie Holmgren and Mrs. Ethel Lindberg of 
Minneapolis and Mrs. Ida Johnson of Center City and her son James 
Tuvey of Taylors Falls. She also leaves 21 grandchildren and 5 
grandchildren [sic], two sisters in Sweden, and one sister in Center 
City, Mrs. Andrew Pierson and one brother, C. G. Johnson of 
Pallmdale, besides a large host of friends in the Taylors Falls and 
Center City communities.