SWANSON - Vendla E., (widow of the Rev. C. Bertram), 89, died Saturday, Thousand Oaks, Calif. Homemaker. Born Ceresco. Graduated Grace Lutheran Academy, Wahoo. Graduated, Augustana College, Rock Island, Ill. Survivors: sons, Carl B., Thousandks, the Rev. Theodore, Bangaiore, India; daughter, Mrs. Robert (Betty Ann) Hil, Brooksville, Fla.; brother, Hilding O. Pearson, Ord; sisters, Mrs. Olive Strand, Minneapolis, Mrs. Laura Soder, Wahoo; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild.
Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Grace Lutheran Church, Ceresco*. Grace Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation: 12 noon Tuesday until 12 noon Wednesday. Nelson Funeral Home, Ceresco.
*Should say Wahoo or rural Swedeburg. Mistake by the newspaper.
Birth
11 Jun 1896
Ceresco, Saunders, Nebraska
Gender
Female
Died
1 Feb 1986
Thousand Oaks, California
Buried
5 Feb 1986
Grace Lutheran Cemetery, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska
Olof Pearson (ID:I1184), b. 23 Feb 1867, Huarod, Brannestad parish, Kristianstads lan, Sweden d. 24 Jul 1942, Rural Ceresco, Saunders County, Nebraska (Age 75 years)
Mother
Betsey Bengtson (ID:I0264), b. 27 Aug 1872, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska d. 10 Aug 1956 (Age 83 years)
Marriage
13 May 1893
Grace Lutheran Church, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska
Children
1. Olive Pearson (ID:I1185), b. 5 Jun 1894, Nebraska d. 3 Jun 1987, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 92 years)
2. Vendla Elvira Pearson (ID:I1186)
(current person)
, b. 11 Jun 1896, Ceresco, Saunders, Nebraska d. 1 Feb 1986, Thousand Oaks, California (Age 89 years)