----Source: Greenwood Library Scrapbook Collection

MARSHFIELD NEWS HERALD 8/23/1943

KAREN SEVERSON

Greenwood--Karen Faith Severson, 4-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Severson, died at 12:15 a.m. today, Aug. 23, 1943 at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth, Minn., where her parents have been living for the past two months. The child was taken to the hospital on Saturday, and death was ascribed to an enlarged heart.

Karen was born at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield on April 23, 1943. Her mother is the former Frieda Keiner of Greenwood, Clark County.

Funeral services will be conducted at Zion Reformed Church, Greenwood, at 2 p.m. Wednesday, with the Rev. B. M. Fresenborg officiating, and burial will take place in the Greenwood Cemetery.

Surviving besides the child's parents are her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Christ Keiner and Mrs. May Severson, Greenwood.