Nannie (Knewstubb) Alderson 1862-1943
Creswell, Oregon
Died 21 January 1943
Mrs. Nannie Alderson Passes Away at Creswell, Ore.
Mrs. Nannie Alderson, almost 81, former Elgin, Neb., pioneer resident, and who since 1936 has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Chas. Wetzel at Creswell, Ore., passed away there last Thursday morning, January 21, 1943. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Elgin on Wednesday of this week at 2:30 p.m. conducted by Rev. Samuel McKeown. Burial was made beside her husband in West Cedar Valley cemetery.
Nannie Knewstubb was born February 13, 1862, at Argyle, Wis., the daughter of William and Sarah Knewstubb. She was married to James Alderson at LeMars, Ia., and they came to Nebraska in 1888. She was preceded in death by her husband who died January 6, 1929. Mrs. Alderson went to live with her daughter in Oregon in 1936.
Mrs. Alderson is survived by five daughters and three sons. They are: Myrtle Wetzel, Creswell, Ore.; Ellen Koehler, Lebanon, Ore.; Bessie Edwards, Portland, Ore.; Alydthe Carr, Elgin, Nebr.; LeRoy, Pomona, Calif.; Irvie of Ewing, Nebr.; and Clifford of Grand Island, Nebr. She is also survived by two brothers, John Knewstubb of Dodgeville, Wis.; Robert Knewstubb of Ladysmith, Wis.; one sister, Mrs. John Sweeney of Argyle, Wis.; and 28 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Mrs. Alderson was a life time member of the Methodist church and a member of the Degree of Honor Lodge.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to our friends for their exceeding kindness, sympathy and helpfulness during our bereavement caused by the loss of our mother, Mrs. Nannie Alderson.
~The Children and their Families
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Submitter: Linda Ziemann--From the Family Scrapbooks of my Grandmother's first cousin, Fern Chapman Cooper, who was a “keeper.” She kept scrapbooks for years.