Eddy County NM - OBIT: Blanche Magnusson USGENWEB ARCHIVES 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. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Submitted by: Patti Pennington patt_p_99@yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following excerpts were taken from page 2 Sec. B - The Artesia (NM) Daily Press - September 26, 1999 MAGNUSSON Closed casket services are scheduled for Monday, September 27 at Terpening and Son Chapel, for Blanche Magnusson of Mineral Wells, TX. Magnusson, 85, died on September 22 at the Artesia Good Samaritan Center. Interment will follow at Woodland Park Cemetery in Mineral Wells, TX. She was born August 6, 1914, in Asher, OK, to Peter P. Berry and Cora Ann (Everett) Berry. She married Kenneth L. Magnusson on October 13, 1942, in Roswell, NM. He preceded her in death in February 1992. She came to Artesia in 1993 from Alabama. She was a member of North Oak Church of Christ in Mineral Well. She is survived by a son, Larry Magnusson of Palmer, Alaska; brother H.G. Berry of Artesia; sister Lucy Mae Douglass of Artesia; and several grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a brother, Jesse P. Berry, and a nephew.