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. H. T, Lerdall, 91, for 30 years chief clerk of the state board of control of Wisconsin, and for the past year a resident of Spencer, passed away Sunday morning: at 9:30 o'clock at the home of his sister, Mrs; Anna Hansen, 403 Ease 'Park street. He had been confined to his bed for six. months, and death was due to general debility,| Also surviving: Mr, Lerdall in Spencer .are two nephews, Ole Hansen and Leonard Hansen. There is a sister, Mrs. Sarah Wol-icott of Estherville, and another sister, Mrs. Bertha Johnson, living :in Carlyle, Mont, j Burial at MadisonPrayer services were held this hfternoon at two o'clock at the iCobb funeral home, and the body was accompanied by Mrs. Hansen and a nephew, T. J. Lerdall of 'Estherville, to Madison, Wis„iwhero tomorrow afternoon funeral*services will be held at the Norwegian. Lutheran church. Interment will be in Madison. t! Mr. Lerdall, who was 91 years old August 28, was born in Norway, and preceded his family to the United States when he was 17 jyeara of ago. He came directly to Madison* and: he was in the hardware business for a short while.| Wrote Insurancei He then entered the insurance business, under writing Cor 30 years. Hie office with the board ;of control, kept him in the state-house at Madison for 30 years. He jretired from the office at the age !of 8ft years, making a record in the |way of service for the state of Wls-constm For a year he lived with ;Mt*s. Hansen- during he residence in Cedar Falls and accompanied ;her here in May of last year to reside with her in the East Park street home,Mr. Lerdall was married twice, both wives preceding him in death.
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Spencer Daily Reporter
Spencer, Iowa, US
Mon, Sep 09, 1935
Page 6
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