This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lee, Hanson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/1507 Message Board Post: Ragnhild Eriksdtr. Lee Hanson Tydalen, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mrs. Lewis Hanson passed away at her home Sunday evening at 11 o'clock after a long period of illness. Ragnhild Lee, daughter of Erick and Bertha Lee, was born in Tydalen, Norway April 20, 1870. She came to this country with her parents, a sister and a brother May 17th, 1884 directly to Downsville where she lived most of her life and on the farm where she died. She lived in Menomonie while attending public school for a short period of time. She was married to Lewis Hanson Oct 29, 1890. They lived a short time in Downsville, after that they moved on the farm which has been their home since. This this union 7 children were born: Louise, Herman, (Bertha) Mrs. Fred Krueger, Servelle of Baldwin , (Helen) Mrs. Clarence Fuller of Menomonie, (Bessie) Mrs. Paul Walhood of Wilson, and Jay. She also leaves 8 grandchildren and 2 great- grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband and a son Jay. Funeral will be Wednesday afternoon 2 o'clock from the Calvary church with interment in the Grandview Cemetery. Rev. Norris Olson conducting the service. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: No death date was given Source: Extracted from the handwritten Obituaries file of Rev. Norris Olson, preserved at Norwegian American Historical Society, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN.