Mrs. Augusta (Grandma) Anderson (photo) of Rt. 4, Manitowoc, died early Tuesday morning on the homestead farm. Mrs. Anderson, 96, had been in ill health for a year.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Gjerpen Lutheran Church near Valders with the Rev. Jerry E. Moe officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Anderson, the former Augusta Mathiesen, was born at Manitowoc Rapids Oct. 24, 1861, daughter of the late Lars and Rosana Hummel Mathiesen. She was married May 17, 1886, to Nels Anderson, who died July 3, 1911. She was a charter member of the Ladies aid Society of the church and was a member of the Homemakers Club. Mrs. Anderson was the last of 11 Mathiesen children of seven girls and four boys.
She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Herbert Teitgen and Mrs. Norman Gustaveson of Rt. 4, Manitowoc, and Mrs. James Benishek of Branch; 13 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren.
Two sons preceded her in death.
Friends may call at Jens Funeral Home, Manitowoc, after 3 p.m. Thursday until 10:30 a.m. Friday and after 11 a.m. Friday at the church where the body will lie in state.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. Tuesday, October 21, 1958 P. 11
Mrs. Augusta (Grandma) Anderson (photo) of Rt. 4, Manitowoc, died early Tuesday morning on the homestead farm. Mrs. Anderson, 96, had been in ill health for a year.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Gjerpen Lutheran Church near Valders with the Rev. Jerry E. Moe officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Anderson, the former Augusta Mathiesen, was born at Manitowoc Rapids Oct. 24, 1861, daughter of the late Lars and Rosana Hummel Mathiesen. She was married May 17, 1886, to Nels Anderson, who died July 3, 1911. She was a charter member of the Ladies aid Society of the church and was a member of the Homemakers Club. Mrs. Anderson was the last of 11 Mathiesen children of seven girls and four boys.
She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Herbert Teitgen and Mrs. Norman Gustaveson of Rt. 4, Manitowoc, and Mrs. James Benishek of Branch; 13 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren.
Two sons preceded her in death.
Friends may call at Jens Funeral Home, Manitowoc, after 3 p.m. Thursday until 10:30 a.m. Friday and after 11 a.m. Friday at the church where the body will lie in state.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. Tuesday, October 21, 1958 P. 11
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