Mathia C. Brenningen
1845-1915
Born: Land, Buskerud, Norway
Died: Lutheran Hospital, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
1845-1915
Born: Land, Buskerud, Norway
Died: Lutheran Hospital, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
<p><font size="4"><br> MRS. MATHIA DAHL</font></p><p><font size="4"> On New Year’s Day the community was shocked to hear of the sudden death at the Lutheran hospital in LaCrosse of Mrs. Dahl of this place. Mrs. Mathia Dahl (ne Brenningen) was born at the Parish of Land in Norway on the 6th day of December, 1845. Her father died when she was but a little child, and being the only girl in a family of seven children, she naturally had to help her mother with her household duties as soon as she was old enough to be able to do any work. When she was 21 years old, she departed from her childhood home and emigrated to America, located in Coon Valley, Vernon County, Wisconsin, where her elder brother, Christ, had gone some time before. In 1869 she was married to Ole Dahl of French Creek, in the town of Ettrick. There was no church in the neighborhood at that time, and the ceremony took place at the school house near the present site of the French Creek church. Rev. Waldeland officiated. The newly married couple made their home in French Creek till 1882. After that time they lived four years in the town of Chimney Rock and fifteen years in the town of Pigeon. In 1902 she moved with her husband to Whitehall, where she lived till her last call came. Two days before her death she was suddenly taken sick, and the attending physician advised taking her to the hospital. This was promptly done, but no medical aid could save her, and two hours after she arrived at the hospital, her spirit departed. She was conscious to the last and fully realizing that her end was near, she submissively resigned herself into the hands of God, confident of joining the multitudinous throng of the blessed at the throne of her Redeemer. Besides a sorrow-stricken husband she leaves the following four children, who mourn her untimely and unexpected death: Julius of Whitehall; Mrs. Clara Skefstad and Mrs. Emelia Berg of Deronda, Polk County, Wisconsin; and Mrs. May Skefstad of New Richmond, Wisconsin. Funeral services were held at the house and at the U.L. church on the 6th day of January. The church was filled to its utmost capacity by sympathizing friends of the bereaved family and Rev. A.J. Orke delivered a masterly and impressive sermon, reminding his hearers of the uncertainties of life. A rich display of floral tributes covered the casket. Among the contributors of flowers were the Ladies’ Aid Society, the Sunday school, the public school and friends and relatives of the deceased. </font></p><p><font size="4">THE WHITEHALL TIMES AND BLAIR BANNER - JANUARY 14, 1915</font></p><p>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wisobits/name/d.html#DahlOle </p>