Obit:

Hembre, Olive (1870 - 1946)

Contact:

Todd Braun

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HEMBRE MEYERS PETERSON LUDWIGSEN SOSADA JOHNSON

 

----Source: Greenwood Library Scrapbook Collection

MARSHFIELD NEWS HERALD 4/ /1946


HEMBRE SERVICE HELD IN GREENWOOD
REV. AABERG, REV. VAN TASSEL OFFICIATE AT RITES


Greenwood--Funeral rites were held Saturday afternoon for Mrs. Iver J. Hembre, 76, who died April 4, 1946 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. O.W. Meyers, Cameron. She had been in poor health the past two years because of a heart ailment, and has been confined to her bed since last December.


At 2:30 o'clock a service was held at the Schiller Funeral Home in Greenwood, Clark County and at 3 o'clock another service was conducted at United Lutheran Church, The Rev. M. K. Aaberg, assisted by the Rev. P.E. Van Tassel of Barron, officiating. Burial took place in the Greenwood Cemetery.


Mildred, Donna, Janice and Edna Ludwigsen, granddaughters, sang Till We Meet Again. Donna also sang a solo Hold Thou My Hand. Her grandsons, Lloyd and John Hembre of Montevideo, Minn., Walter Ludwigsen of Milwaukee, Richard Hembre of La Crosse, and Donald Hembre of Barron, and Carl Manke were pallbearers. Flowers were carried by Mrs. Carl Turnquist, Mrs. Arthur Turnquist, Mrs. Ralph Ystad, and Mrs. Selar Arneson.


Mrs. Hembre, the former Olive Peterson of the Town of Beaver, Greenwood, was born in Trondhjem, Norway, Feb. 15, 1870, and came to this country at the age of three, residing in the Trondhjem community, Greenwood, since. Her marriage to Iver J. Hembre took place April 21, 1889. He died May 4, 1924.


Surviving are her 10 children, Mrs. Arthur Ludwigsen, Milwaukee Julius O. Hembre, Montevido, Minn. Helmer J. Hembre, La Crosse Mrs. Henry (Hilda) Sosada, Racine Invald O. Hembre, Barron Mrs. I.D. (Lillie) Johnson, Santa Barbara, Calif. Mrs. O.W. (Edna) Meyers, Cameron Emil L. Hembre, Cameron Donald Hembre, Blythe, Calif. and Clinton Hembre, Sacred Heart Hospital, Eau Claire. All the children were home with the exception of Lillie, Donald and Clinton.


There are 22 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

 

 


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