Message #:

2319

Date Posted:

11-06-2001

Obit:

Korntved, Margaret (1855 - 1941)

Contact:

Stan

Email:

Posted4U@Charter.net

Surnames:

KORNTVED PETERSON


----Source: Greenwood Gleaner 9/25/1941


OBITUARY OF MRS. MARGARET KORNTVED


Mrs. Margaret (Peterson) Korntved was born in Christianfelt, Denmark, on March 7, 1855 and came to the United States in 1874 and settled at Oxford, N.J., where on April 10, 1875 she was married to Andrew Korntved.


They moved to Romeo in 1877 and settle on a farm , where they lived until Mr. Korntved's death in 1905. She then moved to the village of Unity, Clark County two years later. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church there.


Mrs. Korntved passed away at the home of her son, Peter in Romeo, at 4:20 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20, 1941, having reached the age of 86 years, 6 months and 13 days. She has been in poor health for the past several months and has been at the home of her son for the past two months.


She is survived by six sons, Peter of Romeo Soren of Greenwood Chris of Grand Marais, Minn. Anton and John in Unity, 24 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.


Funeral services were conducted at the Trinity Lutheran Church at Unity on Wednesday, Sept 24 at 2:00 p.m., Rev. J. A. Olson officiated. She was laid to rest in the Brighton Cemetery. Her six sons acted as pallbearers.

 

 

 

 

 

**This Clark Co., WI Internet Library, ALHN & AHGP website is dedicated to the free sharing of information by researchers, local historians, genealogists and educators.  Because of our non-profit status, submissions are not to be used for profiteering of any kind.   Our representatives cannot accept gratuities beyond the basic expenses (i.e. postage, copying, courthouse or rental fees) for obtaining requested information.  We reserve the right to ban the involvement of anyone who intentionally disregards these policies.   Please show your appreciation for this database by Becoming a Clark County History Buff or making a contribution to our Support Fund and Perpetual Preservation Account to help keep this Clark Co., WI database freely available on the World Wide Web and free from commercial enterprise.

 

*** This copyrighted Clark Co., Wis. genealogy and history material is used by permission of the submitters.  Contact us if anyone is using this data inappropriately.  It may not be copied and posted to any commercial/.com genealogy sites such as Genealogy Trails, Family Tree Maker or the merged companies Ancestry.Com/RootsWeb/MyFamily or sold for profit.

 

Report Broken Links

ALHN & AHGP HOME PAGE

 

This page is a part of the Clark County, WI Internet Library Project

Every submission is protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998.

~~The Clark Co., Wisconsin History Buffs maintain these pages in support of Free On-line History & Genealogy~~