River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-09-01
Obituary
MRS. MAREN G. WANG


Mrs. Maren Christine Wang died
at her home in Pleasant Valley Mon
day morning, August %, 1910, at
the age of "a years, month and IL
days.
Maren Olesen was born in Fet-
sund, Norway, July IL, 1926. She
was married to Hans S. Wang of
Fetsund May 20, 1849. They came
to America in 1858, first settl-
ing in Dunn county, this state,
and later moving to North Manic
Island, Mich, where they resided
for nine years before coming to the
home in Pleasant Valley, where they
remained until their death Mr.
Wang died November 4, 1897, at the
age of seventy-six.
Nine children were born to them,
seven of whom survive. The sur
viving children are Mrs. Sophia
Anderson of Somerset, Mrs. Carrie
Nordby and Mrs. Mathia Nelson of
Pleasant Valley, Charley Wang of
Hersey, Lewis Wang of Candy,
Ore, Ole Wang of Huntington
Beach, Cal and Albert Wang of
Anaheim, Cal.
The funeral services were held
from the home Wednesday after
noon, Rev. NJ. 1horsen of the Mar
tell Lutheran church officiating.
The remains were laid to rest be-
side those of her husband, in the
Lutheran cemetery in Martell.
Hon. and Mrs. C. D. Parker went
to Madison Saturday to attend the
funeral of the formers sister, Mrs.
Ella A. Showerman, which was held
| at the home of her son, Prof. Grant
Slovenian, Sunday afternoon. Mrs.
| Slovenian died last Friday after.
noon at the age of seventy-eight
years. During her frequent visits
at the home of her brother she had
made many friends here, to whom
the news of her death came as a sad
shock. The following paragraph is
taken from the Wisconsin State
Journal, Madison, of Saturday,
Aug. 81:
t'Ellen Augusta Parker Showerman was
born March 49, 1885, at Indian Stream, New
Hampshire of one of the branches of the fam
lily whose founder the Puritan deacon Thomas
Parker, came from England and settled at
Reading, Mass. in 1885. parallel branch was
the Lexington line of Parkers, which in
cluded Theodore Parker, the famous clergy
man, and Captain John Parker who command
ed the American soldiers at Lexington in ITS.
\ The geneologist of the Parker family states
| that probably five hundred Parkers ali OF
Reading lineage served in the Revolution at
one time or another
Mrs ShoWermans father, Luther Parker,
| drove alone in 1886 from Indian Stream, New
| Hampshire to Milwaukee, and was the first
southwe est of the city. His wife, Alletta French
! Parker with their three children. followed
/ the next year. Luther Parker was a member
of the legislature of lS45 and in 1876 was active
| in the exciting campaign for the erection OF
| Waukesha county out of the territory of Mil
| waukee county.
| Mrs Showerman received her education in
the Muskego school and at Prairieviue acade
/ my in WaukeSha, and was for a time teach
err In 1854 she was married to Nathan Cobb
who died the year following. In 1859 she was
/ married to Hiram SLOVENIAN, an early settler
1 in Brookfield WaukeSha county and one OF
the first station agents and postmasterS at thai
/ point After his death in 1884 she resided or
| the Brookfield estate until coming to Madison
| in 1897.
] OF Mrs. Showerman's immediate relatives
| resident of the State of Oregon, a brother
/ Charles d. Parker of River Falls former lieu
| tenant governor of Wisconsin and member o.
! the board of regents Of the university and o
the state board of control. and three sons:
/ N Cobb of Monmouth, Ill. II. H. ShoweImal
| of Walla Walla Wash, and Grant Showerman
| of the university faculty.