IVAR M MATHISON, Obituary, Fergus Co., MT USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. "List transcribed and organized by Betty (Phillips) Distad, GmomDistad@aol.com. All rights reserved." Copyright, 1998 by Betty (Phillips) Distad. This file may be freely copied for non-profit purposes. All other rights reserved. Lewistown Paper -no date Lewistown, MT. -Fergus County Ivar M, Mathison, 89, a former homesteader in the Roy area, died Dec. 3 at the Stillwater Care Center in Columbus. Mr. Mathison was born April 21, 1901 in Norway and attended schools there. He came to Montana in 1922, homesteading and farming in the Roy area for46 years. He was married in 1927 in Lewistown to Bertine 'Tina" Hansen. They moved to a small farm near Columbus in 1968 He was a member of the Sons of Norway. Survivors include two sons, Roy Mathison of Duncanville, TX. and Marvin Mathison of Silesia, MT, He was preceded in death by his parents, a daughter, Vivian Fogle, in 1979 and his wife in 1981. Funeral services were scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 27, at Creel-Morrison-Retz Chapel with the Rev. Kenneth Olson officiating. Burial will be in Lewistown City Cemetery.