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Show Mrs. John Nieison Is Called to Rest With hundreds of sorrowing relatives rela-tives and friends gathered to pay a last sad tribute to a loving wife and j mother and a kind neighbor, the Centerfield Cen-terfield meeting house was filled to capacity Tuesday afternoon when fin-,al fin-,al funeral services were held for Mrs. Christiana Larsen Nieison, wife of John W. Nieison. Bishop Chris. A. Peterson wa3 in charge of the services. ser-vices. The principal speakers were i President Chas. S. Hansen, John ! Bardsley and Sidney Fjeldsted. Each ; of the Breakers gave a review of the pplcndid life the good woman had lived liv-ed and praised her loving traits as a w.'fe, a mother and a neighbor. Sympathy Sym-pathy was spoken for those bereft and the large audience, ' filling the chapel to capacity, bowed their heads in sorrow and grief for the untimely calling of Mrs. Nieison. During the ceremonies an appropriate approp-riate program of music was given, and the banks of flowers covering the casket showed a wonderful tribute for Mrs. Nieison. Following the chapel services, the remains were taken to the Gunnison City cemetery, where they were tenderly laid in their final resting place. Mrs. Nieison, daughter of Jens and Dortha Andersen Larsen, was a native na-tive of Denmark, and was born September Sep-tember 4, 1872. In 1892, Mrs. Nieison and her eldest sister, Mrs. H. L. Hansen, Han-sen, now a resident of Ft. Green, came to America alone, and settled in Gunnison. Mrs. Nieison had made this valley her home continuously since coming to the United States. She was married March 13, 1894, to John W. Nieison, the ceremony being performed in Gunnison. Besides the hue-band, Mrs. Nieison is survived by five sons and daughters, as follows: William M. and Harold C. Nieison, Mrs. ( Dorthea Caldwell, Mrs. Farrel Anderson, Centerfield; Mrs. Ella Sturdevant, Los Angeles, Calif.; fifteen fif-teen grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. John M. Christensen, Center-field; Center-field; Mrs. H. L. Hansen, Ft. Green; two brothers, Andrew C. and Charles Larsen, Driggs, Ida. The1 latter is' at present in Denmark on an L. D. S. mission. Mrs. Nieison, who had enjoyed comparatively com-paratively good health most of her life, was suddenly stricken May 27. When medical aid had been summoned summon-ed it was found that the appendix had been ruptured. She was hurried to the Salina hospital, where an emergency operation was performed. The operation revealed a serious condition, con-dition, as peritonitis had developed to such a condition that hopes for saving sav-ing her life quickly faded, and she passed peacefully away in the presence pres-ence of members of the family. |