The Angel of Death came suddenly to Mrs. C. P. Christensen Tuesday morning of last week while she slept after nine years of patient suffering. Funeral services were conducted from the Fairdale Methodist church, of which she was a faithful member many years. Friday afternoon interment was made in the cemetery there. Rev. W. W. Whitman of St. Paul conducted the services.
Helen Swanson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nels Swanson, she was born at Batavia, Illinois, Febr. 17th 1892. In 1896, she, with her parents, moved to Greeley county where Helen received her education in the Greeley public schools. The year 1909 her parents returned to Ilinois, but Helen remained to finish high school and later attend Kearney normal college, following which she was a successful teacher for eight years. March 30, 1918, she was united in marriage to C. P. Christensen. Six children came to gladden their home: namely, Wendel, James, Dorothy, Robert, Willard and Kenneth. They have made their home at Wolbach continuously except for nine years spent near Central City.
She, with her family, united with the Fairview Methodist church near Central City and when they returned to near Wolbach in Howard county they joined the Fairdale church. The sympathy of the Community is extended the bereaved family.
Her parents, one brother and a sister preceded her in death. Four brothers, Fred Swanson of Wenatchee, Wash., James of Downs, Kans., Walter of Chicago, Ill., William of Coal City, Ill., four sisters, Mrs. Lillie Hamblin of Eta, Ill., Esther Menssen of Polk, Nebr., Ebba Skinner of Chicago, and Ruth Mintz of Barrington, Ill., survive as well as her husband and children and a host of other friends and relatives.
Helen Swanson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nels Swanson, she was born at Batavia, Illinois, Febr. 17th 1892. In 1896, she, with her parents, moved to Greeley county where Helen received her education in the Greeley public schools. The year 1909 her parents returned to Ilinois, but Helen remained to finish high school and later attend Kearney normal college, following which she was a successful teacher for eight years. March 30, 1918, she was united in marriage to C. P. Christensen. Six children came to gladden their home: namely, Wendel, James, Dorothy, Robert, Willard and Kenneth. They have made their home at Wolbach continuously except for nine years spent near Central City.
She, with her family, united with the Fairview Methodist church near Central City and when they returned to near Wolbach in Howard county they joined the Fairdale church. The sympathy of the Community is extended the bereaved family.
Her parents, one brother and a sister preceded her in death. Four brothers, Fred Swanson of Wenatchee, Wash., James of Downs, Kans., Walter of Chicago, Ill., William of Coal City, Ill., four sisters, Mrs. Lillie Hamblin of Eta, Ill., Esther Menssen of Polk, Nebr., Ebba Skinner of Chicago, and Ruth Mintz of Barrington, Ill., survive as well as her husband and children and a host of other friends and relatives.
The Angel of Death came suddenly to Mrs. C. P. Christensen Tuesday morning of last week while she slept after nine years of patient suffering. Funeral services were conducted from the Fairdale Methodist church, of which she was a faithful member many years. Friday afternoon interment was made in the cemetery there. Rev. W. W. Whitman of St. Paul conducted the services.
Helen Swanson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nels Swanson, she was born at Batavia, Illinois, Febr. 17th 1892. In 1896, she, with her parents, moved to Greeley county where Helen received her education in the Greeley public schools. The year 1909 her parents returned to Ilinois, but Helen remained to finish high school and later attend Kearney normal college, following which she was a successful teacher for eight years. March 30, 1918, she was united in marriage to C. P. Christensen. Six children came to gladden their home: namely, Wendel, James, Dorothy, Robert, Willard and Kenneth. They have made their home at Wolbach continuously except for nine years spent near Central City.
She, with her family, united with the Fairview Methodist church near Central City and when they returned to near Wolbach in Howard county they joined the Fairdale church. The sympathy of the Community is extended the bereaved family.
Her parents, one brother and a sister preceded her in death. Four brothers, Fred Swanson of Wenatchee, Wash., James of Downs, Kans., Walter of Chicago, Ill., William of Coal City, Ill., four sisters, Mrs. Lillie Hamblin of Eta, Ill., Esther Menssen of Polk, Nebr., Ebba Skinner of Chicago, and Ruth Mintz of Barrington, Ill., survive as well as her husband and children and a host of other friends and relatives.
Helen Swanson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nels Swanson, she was born at Batavia, Illinois, Febr. 17th 1892. In 1896, she, with her parents, moved to Greeley county where Helen received her education in the Greeley public schools. The year 1909 her parents returned to Ilinois, but Helen remained to finish high school and later attend Kearney normal college, following which she was a successful teacher for eight years. March 30, 1918, she was united in marriage to C. P. Christensen. Six children came to gladden their home: namely, Wendel, James, Dorothy, Robert, Willard and Kenneth. They have made their home at Wolbach continuously except for nine years spent near Central City.
She, with her family, united with the Fairview Methodist church near Central City and when they returned to near Wolbach in Howard county they joined the Fairdale church. The sympathy of the Community is extended the bereaved family.
Her parents, one brother and a sister preceded her in death. Four brothers, Fred Swanson of Wenatchee, Wash., James of Downs, Kans., Walter of Chicago, Ill., William of Coal City, Ill., four sisters, Mrs. Lillie Hamblin of Eta, Ill., Esther Menssen of Polk, Nebr., Ebba Skinner of Chicago, and Ruth Mintz of Barrington, Ill., survive as well as her husband and children and a host of other friends and relatives.
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