OBITUARY: Anna Flattum, Worth County, Iowa

  [Northwood Graphic 3-26-1958]


                               Anna Flattum

Mrs. Anna Flattum (50) died Tuesday at Naeve Hospital, Albert Lea, MN.  She
had been in ill health for several months.  Her funeral was held at the
Silver Lake Church, with the Rev. B.E. Nyjordet officiating.  She was born
February 22, 1908 near Fertile to Ole J. and Sophia Anderson, one of seven
children.  She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and attended
rural schools until 1918 when the family moved to Lake Mills where she
finished school and attended high school.  She was confirmed at Salem
Lutheran Church in September of 1920 by the Rev. O.R. Sletten.  She married
Alvin Flattum on March 9, 1927 at Forest City.  They lived on a farm in
Silver Lake Twp.and were parents of six children:  Orville and Carl at home;
Mrs. Harold (Josephine) Sherwood, Huntsville, Alabama; twins, George, at
home and Mrs. Ralph (Gladys) Saben, New Richland, MN and Arthur, at home.
She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, two sisters, Annie Marie
and Selma and a brother, Harold.  She is also survived by a brother, John
Anderson, Mason City and two sisters, Mrs. George (Clara) Greenwood,
Minneapolis and Mrs. Mike (Hazel) Sofules, Albert Lea; and three
sisters-in-law, Gertrude Flattum, who cared for her in the last months of
her illness; Mrs. Ed (Louise) Zuelke, Emmons and Mrs. Henry (Inga) Dahl,
Albert Lea.



Copyright (c) 2002 by Elaine Bergan
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