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Mons Knute KNUDSON

Union - Flandreau Cemetery
Moody County,
South Dakota

Mons Knute Knudson
Birth: 26 Jul 1861 Norway
Death: 15 Sep 1947 (aged 86)

KNUTSON FUNERAL
IS HELD TODAY

Retired Blacksmith Dies
Monday – Survived by
Wife and Nine Children

M.K. Knudson, 86, who laid down his blacksmith tools last year after working more than 70 years at eh blacksmith trade, died at 5:00 o’clock Monday afternoon at his home after a prolonged illness. He had been under the doctor’s care since last February.

Short funeral rites will be held at the Orvedahl chapel at 1:30 this (Thursday) afternoon and at the Lutheran Church at 2:00 o’clock with the Rev. O.G. Salveson conducting the rites. Interment is to made at Union Cemetery.

Mr. Knudson was born July 26, 1861, in Bergen, Norway, where he was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. At the age of 18 years he came to the United States to locate in Lansing, Iowa, where he worked for a number of years. Later, he came to Flandreau where he has ever since made his home.

On March 8, 1884, he was married to Alvilda R. Mattern. To this union eleven children were born, all of whom are living except two who preceded him in death. Mrs. Knudson has worked continuously at the blacksmith trade since he was 14 years old. He learned his trade in Norway and was considered as one of the finest in his line as blacksmith and wagon maker.

Those of the immediate family who survive him are the widow and nine children, Anna Benson, Superior, Wis.; Clara Kneebone, Sioux Falls; Laura Vogel, Ft. Dodge, Iowa; John, of Harrisburg, S.D.; Melvin, of Napa, Calif.; Alfred, of Everett, Wash.; Theodore, of Chicago, Ill.; Herman, of this city, and Dagmar Michael; also 14 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.

Contributed on 1/17/23

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Submitted: 1/17/23 • Approved: 1/17/23 • Last Updated: 1/20/23 • R275012-G0-S3

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