Edith K. Edblom, 95, of Cook, died Thursday, Dec. 18, 1997, in Virginia Regional Medical Center. She was born Sept. 20, 1902, at Ruch City, Minn, the daughter of Charles and Augusta Kjellberg.
She moved with her family to Cook in 1903, where she had since resided. She received her primary school education in a one-room country school, and later graduated from Virginia High School. She was employed by George J. Francis in the newly organized Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Cook in 1919. She worked there for 25 years. She married Eghner E. Edblom in Cook on Sept. 11, 1926. She was the office manager of her husband's State Farm Insurance agency of Cook for 35 years.
She was a former member of the Nett Lake Baptist Church, where she and her husband taught Sunday school. She was an actube member of the First Baptist Church of Cook and the Cook Hospital Auxiliary.
Edith is survived by her son, Ronald (Ann) Edblom; son-in-law, Gordon Anderson; nine grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; six nephews and two nieces.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Eghner; daughter, Lillian Anderson; sisters: Beda Ferguson and Viola Johnson; and brother Herman Kjellberg.
She moved with her family to Cook in 1903, where she had since resided. She received her primary school education in a one-room country school, and later graduated from Virginia High School. She was employed by George J. Francis in the newly organized Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Cook in 1919. She worked there for 25 years. She married Eghner E. Edblom in Cook on Sept. 11, 1926. She was the office manager of her husband's State Farm Insurance agency of Cook for 35 years.
She was a former member of the Nett Lake Baptist Church, where she and her husband taught Sunday school. She was an actube member of the First Baptist Church of Cook and the Cook Hospital Auxiliary.
Edith is survived by her son, Ronald (Ann) Edblom; son-in-law, Gordon Anderson; nine grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; six nephews and two nieces.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Eghner; daughter, Lillian Anderson; sisters: Beda Ferguson and Viola Johnson; and brother Herman Kjellberg.
Edith K. Edblom, 95, of Cook, died Thursday, Dec. 18, 1997, in Virginia Regional Medical Center. She was born Sept. 20, 1902, at Ruch City, Minn, the daughter of Charles and Augusta Kjellberg.
She moved with her family to Cook in 1903, where she had since resided. She received her primary school education in a one-room country school, and later graduated from Virginia High School. She was employed by George J. Francis in the newly organized Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Cook in 1919. She worked there for 25 years. She married Eghner E. Edblom in Cook on Sept. 11, 1926. She was the office manager of her husband's State Farm Insurance agency of Cook for 35 years.
She was a former member of the Nett Lake Baptist Church, where she and her husband taught Sunday school. She was an actube member of the First Baptist Church of Cook and the Cook Hospital Auxiliary.
Edith is survived by her son, Ronald (Ann) Edblom; son-in-law, Gordon Anderson; nine grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; six nephews and two nieces.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Eghner; daughter, Lillian Anderson; sisters: Beda Ferguson and Viola Johnson; and brother Herman Kjellberg.
She moved with her family to Cook in 1903, where she had since resided. She received her primary school education in a one-room country school, and later graduated from Virginia High School. She was employed by George J. Francis in the newly organized Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Cook in 1919. She worked there for 25 years. She married Eghner E. Edblom in Cook on Sept. 11, 1926. She was the office manager of her husband's State Farm Insurance agency of Cook for 35 years.
She was a former member of the Nett Lake Baptist Church, where she and her husband taught Sunday school. She was an actube member of the First Baptist Church of Cook and the Cook Hospital Auxiliary.
Edith is survived by her son, Ronald (Ann) Edblom; son-in-law, Gordon Anderson; nine grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; six nephews and two nieces.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Eghner; daughter, Lillian Anderson; sisters: Beda Ferguson and Viola Johnson; and brother Herman Kjellberg.
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