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Christen H. Petersen
Pioneer
Passes To Reward
Father of Worthington Lady Dies at Tilden, Nebraska.
The following
obituary notice, from one of the Tilden, Neb., papers will be of interest to our
readers, inasmuch as the subject off the sketch was the father of Mrs. Jens
Christensen, of this city:
Christen H. Petersen died at his residence, seven
miles south of Tilden, on November 12th, 1908, aged 62 years, 8 months and 26
days.
Christen Hansen Petersen was born in Denmark, Europe, February 15th,
1846. He was baptized and confirmed in the Evangelical Lutheran church and after
attending the public school to the age of fourteen years, left the parental roof
to engage in ordinary farm work near his birthplace.
At the age of twenty-two
years he emigrated to the United States, first taking up his residence in
Wisconsin where he again found employment on the farm. It was in that state that
he was united in marriage to Miss Sophia Christianson, in the year of 1867. To
this union were born five children, namely: Mrs. Petra Christensen, residing in
Worthington, Minn.; Mrs. Mary Hanson, of Tilden, William Petersen, of
Breckenridge, Missouri; and Emma and Lizzie, who departed this life in innocent
youth and will welcome their beloved father on the shore of Everlasting Peace
and Joy. Their much beloved mother joined her angel girls in 1885.
In the
year 1886 Christen H. Petersen and Mrs. Anna O. Sergant were married and to them
six children were born -- Arthur, August, Earl and Ruth, who live to mourn the
loss of a kind and loving father -- and a son, James, who died at Plattsmouth
fourteen years ago, at the age of five years.
The subject of this sketch
located on a homestead near what is now Tilden, in 1874, and with the exception
of twelve years during which he was engaged in business at Plattsmouth, this has
been his continuous home.
In the death of Mr. Petersen, his wife has lost a
true and faithful husband; his children a kind and loving father, and the
community an honored and respected citizen. To know him was to love him, for,
with his genial and straightforward deportment, he made a host of true friends,
and only words of highest praise and true regard can be expressed of this noble
and true man.
While he did not take an active part in church work, he was
always ready to assist in the promotion of the Kingdom of God upon earth, and
fully demonstrated by his patience during his many years of suffering, his
willingness to bear the cross which God in His wisdom had placed upon him, and
though affected with darkness and doubt which sometimes surrounds us all and
apparently seems unjust, he overcame such gloomy forebodings and to the end
professed the faith and hope in Life Eternal through our blessed Redeemer and
Savior, Jesus Christ.
The funeral was held at the United Brethern church on
November 15th the service being conducted by the Rev. Clifton, of Meadow Grove,
who with words of love and encouragement consoled the sorrowing family and
sympathizing friends. The choir sang with feeling expression the following
hymns: "Lead, Kindly Light," "Nearer, My God, to Thee," "Sweet are the
Promises," and "Some Glad Morn Not Far Away."
The pall bearers were Herman
Wohlfeil, Frank Eichberg, Wm. Brogan, Charles Hanks, Jack Smith and Wiley
Grubb.
A large concourse of friends accompanied the remains to the McCoy
cemetery, where the mortal part of their esteemed friend and neighbor was
deposited in the family lot. Peace to his ashes. Those attending the funeral
from abroad were Mrs. James Christensen, of Worthington, Minnesota; William
Petersen, of Breckenridge, Missouri; P. C. Petersen, J. Chas. Petersen and L.
H.
Petersen, of Plattsmouth; Mr. and Mrs. Frank McEwen, of Spencer, and H. Nilsen,
of Elkhorn, Nebraska.
Worthington, Minnesota
Advance
Hearld - Friday, December 11, 1908
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