Obit for SOLSETH, Mrs. Martha (b.1857 d.1942?), Redwood Co., MN
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Newspaper obituary, undated:  
Funeral Rites for Mrs. Solseth, At Milroy, Sunday

  Mrs. Martha Solseth, pioneer resident of Milroy, passed away Tuesday, 
Sept. 12 at 11:30 p.m. at the hospital at Hendricks where she had been 
bedridden since April 15, 1942, following a stroke.
Martha Olson Solseth was born April 5, 1857, at Vestre Gausdal, 
Gudbrandsalen Norway. She immigrated to America in 1881 and settled in 
Watonwan County, near Madelia and there was married to Christian Solseth.
  They came to Milroy in 1892 and settled on the farm north of town where 
she lived until 1918.  She then moved to Milroy and lived here until 
1939 when due to failing health she went to make her home with her 
daughter, Mrs. Mabel Blake, at Hendricks.
  She was a charter member of Our Savior's Lutheran church from which she 
was buried Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Rev. P.A. Strommen assisted by Rev. M.A. 
Erickson of Hendricks officiated at the service.
  Pallbearers were Ed Solseth, Arthur Solseth, Robert Solseth, Harold 
Solseth, Wilbert Blake and Lyle Gieser.
  Survivors are eight children, Albert of White Earth, N.D., Otto of Cando, 
N.D., Dena (Mrs. Ole Stenbak) of White Earth, N.D.; Mabel (Mrs. Blake) 
of Hendricks, who recently left with her son for Bremerton, Wash., 
John of Minneapolis; Carl of Portland, Oregon; Oluf of Lucan; 
Melvin of Milroy; also 21 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and 
one sister, Mrs. J.P. Johnson of Minneapolis.  Her husband and 
one son preceded her in death.
  Four children, Carl, John, Oluf and Melvin were present at their 
mother's funeral.  Other relatives from a distance were Mr. and 
Mrs. Reno Danielson and Peggy of Hendricks, Mr. and Mrs. Henry 
Lunde and Richard Lunde of Lake Crystal, Marie Lunde of New Ulm, 
Oletta Lunde of Fergus Falls, Otto Selle of Lake Crystal, Arthur 
Solseth of Winona, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Francis, Mr. and Mrs. Ellstrom 
of Madelia, Mrs. Emil Moratzka and Carol Jean, Brewster, Minn., and 
J.P. Johnson of Minneapolis.