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Johanna Bertha Eliason
Obituary.
DIED, on Tuesday, May 16, 1893, at her home in Clear Lake, Iowa, at 5 o'clock p. m. Mrs. Johanna Bertha Eliason, of asthma, after an illness of two weeks, aged 79 years, 3 months and 12 days. The funeral was held Thursday May 18th the services being conducted in the Clear Lake Lutheran church, and the remains interred in the Clear Lake cemetery.
Deceased was born at Derome Hallands, Lan Sweden, Feb. 4, 1815, and came to America with her husband and family in 1869, locating in this township. She became a widow in 1880, and went to Iowa last November for her health and made her home with her son Nels P. Eliason. She was the mother of nine children, all of whom are dead except two sons, Adolph, who lives in Chesterton, and Nels, of Clear Lake. She has always been a faithful christian woman, a loving mother and wife, and leaves many friends to mourn her loss. May she rest in peace.
Newspaper: The Tribune
Date of Publication: May 26, 1893
Volume Number: 10
Issue Number: 6
Page: 5
Column(s): 5
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Chesterton Tribune
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Westchester Tribune
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Porter County Vidette
Practical Observer
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