Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-05
DENHAM MAN
ANSWERS CALL
David GOransOn, 55, Was Resident of
Denham Community for Fiji.
teen Years.

David Fabian Gorenson who passed
away at his home in Sturgeon Lake
township last Thursday afternoon. was
born on Nov. 6, 1879, in the province
of Smaland, Sweden. Mr.. GorensOn
came to the United States with his
mother, sisters and brothers at the
age of six, his father having come
previously. The family settled at
Joliet, Ill.,, and it was there that Mr..
Gorenson was raised. He was united
in marriage to Miss Amanda Magnu-
son on November IL, 1900.
The Gorenson family remained in
Joliet, where Mr.. Gorenson was en-
ployed in the steel mills until 1913,
when they moved to a fran in Clay
county. Mimi. In 1919 they came to
Sturgeon Lake. where they have since
resided on their farm. Although in
poor health for some time, the death
from a cerebral hemorrhage came as
shock as Mr.. GorensOn seemed to
be in better condition lately. He was,
at the time of his departure, "a years,
4 months, and % days.
Besides the widow, the deceased is
survived by three daughters, Mrs. Bes-
sic Blasjo, Sturgeon Lake; Miss Edith
of st. Paul; and Miss Eleanor of VAL
paraiso Ind; three sons, Severn of
Minneapolis; Evart of ST. Paul, and
Leonard at home; three grandchil-
dren; three sisters, Mrs. Olive Ander-
son, Harvard, ILL.,; Mrs. Hulda Peter
son and Mrs. Alma Johnson, both Of
Rockford, ILL.,; four brothers, Charles
of Chicago; John of Ellwood, Ill;
William of Emmettsburg, Iowa, and
Otto of Lena, ILL.,; and one adopted
brother, Albert of Rockford, Ill.
Active in Civic Affairs.
Mr.. Gorenson was an active men,
Der of the Denham Methodist Epis-
copal church, serving as chairman of
the board of trustees at the time Of
| his passing. He was a member of
the local school board and was in
terested in public affairs. He was
connected with various farmers or
CARNATIONS and was much interested
in all movements seeking a better
social order.
Funeral services were conducted
from the home Monday afternoon with
Rev. Chas. ]. Swanson officiating. In
terment took place in the Denham
M. E. cemetery. Miss Nora Nilsen of
Moose Lake, accompanied by Mrs. R.
E. Hamlin, sang two selections, Face
to Face" and my Father Knows"
Elmer Ryden sang a solo, 1.-The I'm
clouded Day." A trio consisting of
Walter Carlson, Eden Gunther, and
Elmer Ryden sang, Safe in the Arms
of Jesus" at the cemetery. Pallbear-
ers were John BlasjO, Gust Gustaf-
son, William Johnson, John Kron,
Charles Peterson and Emil Ryden.
Among those present at the fun
eral services were the daughter,
Edith, st. Paul; son, Severn and wife,
Minneapolis; son, Evart, st. Paul;
daughter, Eleanor, Valparaiso, Ind;
brother, Charles Johnson, Chicago;
John Gorenson and wife, Joliet. Ill;
VIM. Gorenson, Emmettsburg, Iowa;
Otto Gorenson, Lena, ILL.,; the sisters,
Mrs. Olive Anderson, Harvard, ILL.,;
Mrs. Hulda Peterson, Rockford. ILL.,;
and Mrs. Alma Johnson, Joliet, Ill;
nephews, Stanley Anderson, Rockford,
| ILL.,, and Arnold Johnson, Joliet, Ill;
brotherin-law, David Magnuson.
wife and daughter from Chesterton,
Ind, and sister-in-law. Mrs. Chas.
Magnuson of Valparaiso, Ind.
Sympathy is extended to the sorrow
| ing relatives in their bereavement.