Carl Martin Severson (1893 - 1951)

Carl Martin Severson ble født den 30 Mars 1893 i Porter, Rock County, Wisconsin, USA. Han døde den 9 Aug. 1951 i Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA. (Cemetery West Koshkonong Lutheran Church in Dane County, WI). Han var sønn av John Martin Severson og Kathrine Carlson. Carl Martin giftet seg den 26 Feb. 1917 i Rockfort, Illinois med Clara Bjornson. De hadde sønnen:

1. Stanley Severson, f. 9 Mars 1918, Stoughton, WI, d. 7 Nov. 2001, Los Angeles CTY, CA.

Clara Bjornson ble født ca. 1889. Hun giftet seg senere med John Nelson.

Carl Martin's obituary in the Stoughton Daily Courier-Hub on Aug. 9, 1951. (Carl var vanligvis mer kjent som Martin).

Carl Severson Is Dead Here At 58.

Carl M. Severson, 58, passed away early Thursday morning at Stoughton Community hospital following an illness of one and one-half years.

Mr. Severson was born March 30, 1893, in the town of Porter, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Severson. He attended the Hillcrest district school.

On February 26, 1917, he was united in marriage to Miss Clara Bjornson at Rockfort, Ill. They resided in Stoughton for several years and they moved to a farm in the town of Christiana, where they engaged in farming until 1942 when they returned to Stoughton. Mr. Severson worked at the Armour Condensery for many years.

He was a member of the West Koshkonong Lutheran Church.

Surviving are his wife; one son, Stanley, Deerfield; one granddaughter, Virgine, Deerfield; two sisters, Mrs. Lilian Anderson and Mrs. Olaf Hanson, both of Stoughton; and three brothers, Arthur, Stoughton, Theodore, Minneapolis, and Clarence, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Funeral services under the direction of the Cummings Funeral home will be held at 2 p.m.. 1)

1) Takk til Ervin Erdahl, Stoughton, WI, for denne informasjonen.
Takk til Erv Erdahl, Ardys Virgine (Severson) Lawrence og hennes datter Margaret Ann (Peggy) Lawrence for dødsannonsen.