Daisy Estella Gunnerson1,2

b. Feb 4, 1878, d. Jul 19, 1933
FatherJohannes Gunnerson1,3,4 b. Aug 19, 1851, d. Jan 20, 1895
MotherSelma Tillavill Meyer1,3,4 b. May 15, 1857, d. Oct 30, 1926
     Daisy Estella Gunnerson was born on Feb 4, 1878 in near Lindsborg, McPherson Co, KS.1,5,2,4
     Daisy was listed as a daughter in Henry Gunnerson's household on the 1880 Census in Smoky View Township, Saline Co, KS.1
     Daisy Estella Gunnerson was employed by Bethany Home for the Aged in 1918 in Lindsborg, McPherson Co, KS; she had been the matron for ten years when she died.5,2
     Daisy Estella Gunnerson died on Jul 19, 1933 in Johnson Hospital, Chanute, Neosho Co, KS, at age 55. She became ill while going to see her sister Lillie, and spent nine weeks in the hospital, mostly unconscious, before dying.5,2,4 A death notice was published on Jul 20, 1933 in the Lindsborg News - Record in Lindsborg, McPherson Co, KS.5 Daisy's funeral was held on Jul 23, 1933 at Bethany Home for the Aged and Bethany Lutheran Church in Lindsborg, McPherson Co, KS. She was buried on Jul 23, 1933 at Elmwood Cemetery, in Lindsborg, McPherson Co, in KS.2,4
Photo by Julia Langel, 6/2003

Daisy Gunnerson

Elmwood Cemetery, Lindsborg KS
An obituary was published on Jul 27, 1933 in the Lindsborg News - Record in Lindsborg, McPherson Co, KS.2

Citations

  1. [S1323] 1880 U.S. Census, Kansas, Saline County, Smoky View Township, ED 297, sheet 165B, line 8, dwelling 234, family 241, Kansas, Saline County.
  2. [S1339] Lindsborg News - Record, July 27, 1933, page 3, column 5, plus 2&3 (visitors list).
  3. [S1337] Lindsborg News - Record, November 4, 1926, page 5, columns 2 & 4.
  4. [S1349] Daisy Gunnerson Cemetery Marker, Elmwood Cemetery, McPherson Co, KS.
  5. [S1338] Lindsborg News - Record, July 20, 1933, page 1, column 4.
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