Mchenry County ND Archives Obituaries.....Swenson, Minna Caroline December 30, 1888
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The Villard Leader ; Villard, McHenry Co., Dakota ; Saturday, January 12, 1889 ; Vol. 3, No. 15, Pg. 4
DIED-- On Sunday night, December 30, 1888, of internal ulceration, Mrs. Minna 
Caroline Swenson, wife of Gustav Swenson, aged 38 years, 3 months and six days.
Mrs. Swenson was one of the pioneer ladies on Mouse river, having moved here 
with her husband on June 9th, 1882, when there were but three other women in 
this portion of North Dakota. She was a most exemplary woman, a kind and 
affectionate mother, and was held in high esteem by her neighbors and all 
others who had the pleasure of her acquaintance. Her remains were confined to 
their final resting place in the Norwegian Lutheran cemetery on Monday last, 
the funeral rites were being conducted by Rev. T. S. Reishus, of St. Carl. The 
funeral cortege was on of the largest ever formed on Mouse river. She leaves a 
family of seven children, the youngest two years old, to be cared for by the 
bereaved husband.

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