CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF MAGNUS BOTTOLFSEN ==================================================================== NEGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the NEGenWeb Archives by Kristi Bergman Lam. kristi.lam@home.com Permission granted by: Rob Dump, Editor, Cedar County News ====================================================================== M. Bottolfsen Rites Tuesday Stricken by Heart Ailment Saturday ---------- Funeral services for Magnus Bottolfsen, 86, who died January 3 at the Kenneth Bottolfsen home of a heart ailment, were held Tuesday from Trinity Lutheran church with Rev. O.L. Levorson officiating. Burial was made at Paragon cemetery under the direction of Smith Fuenral Home. Pallbearers were Arthur Bottolfsen, Bernard Schager, William Olson, Arthur Swan, Sam Schager and Lester Olsen. Magnus, son of Martin and Mary Loeing Bottolfsen, was born at Paint Creek, Ia., December 8, 1866, and came to this community with his parents when he was 2 1/2 years old. He was married to Bertha Gearhart July 6, 1904. Most of their life time was spent on a farm, but Mr. Bottolfsen was employed for a short time in a meat market in Hartington. He was baptized in the Lutheran church in Iowa before coming here in 1869 and was later confirmed at the old Paragon school house by the late Rev. N.G. Tvedt. He is survived by his wife; two daughters, Mr. F.O. (Mary) Baird of Manitou Springs, Colo., and Mrs. W.U. (Laura) Olsen of Eugene, Ore.; and five sons, Hugh G. of Hastings and Herbert, Kenneth, Martin and Arthur of Hartington. One son, Nels, died as a child in 1919. He was the last survivor of a family of five brothers and two sisters. ---------- JANUARY 1953 CEDAR COUNTY NEWS