Ahnstedt Family Obituaries

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Frank O:
 
Father: Jacob Ahnstedt
Wife: Ida Christina Parsons Married March 25,1886 Died: March 4 1929
Children: Arthur, Alvin, Franz,Harry and Hilma
 
 
Frank Ahnstedt obituary ~

F.O.(Frank) AHNSTEDT
 
Holyoke Enterprise, Holyoke, Colorado, July 9, 1942
 
SERVICES ARE HELD FOR AGED HAXTUN RESIDENT
 
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon for F.O. Ahnstedt who passed away Thursday, July 2, at his home in Haxtun. Although past 80 years of age, Mr. Ahnstedt enjoyed good health until just a week before his death.
 
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ahnstedt and was born and baptized in Stockaryde, Sweden, February 11, 1857, being 85 years, 4 months and 21 days old at the time of his passing. He was a member of a large family.
 
 His mother died when he was but a child and all but one sister have preceded him in death. As a young man, Mr. Ahnstedt came to America in 1877 and settled in New Windsor, Illinois. On March 25, 1886 he was married to Miss Ida Parsons. To this union seven children were born two of whom preceded him in death. The family moved to a farm near Holdrege, Nebraska in 1891.
 
Mr. Ahnstedt was one of the oldest pioneers of this community, having homesteaded several claims, one of which was a timber claim. He settled about 1903 in the Fairfield community, where he made his home until he retired, moving to Haxtun in December 1928. He united with the Swedish Lutheran Church of Haxtun January 10, 1929. Mrs. Ahnstedt passed away March 4, 1929.
 
He is survived by four sons, Arthur, Alvin, Franz and Harry, all of Haxtun and one daughter, Mrs. Hilma Culp, of Loveland, Colorado, Seventeen grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Also one sister, Mrs. Ida Peterson of New Windsor, Illinois.
 
He will be remembered by those who knew him as a quiet, kindly man, who could combine honesty with business and patience with perseverance. Burial was made in the Haxtun cemetery.
 
Out of town relatives and friends who attended the funeral were Frank Anderson, Paul Erickson and Mrs. Herbert Erickson of Shenandoah, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Parson of Essex, Iowa, Pvt. Ray Culp of Fort Bliss, Texas, and Pvt. Lawrence Ahnstedt, who is near Boston.

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Walter Ahnstedt obituary ~

Walter A. Ahnstedt, 89, of Haxtun, died May 5, 2002, at the Haxtun Hospital of natural causes. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 7 at Tennant Funeral Home in Haxtun. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. May 8 at the Haxtun United Methodist Church with Rev. Mike Bergman officiating. Burial will be at the Haxtun Cemetery.
Mr. Ahnstedt was born Oct.23, 1912, to Arthur and Hazel(Padget) Ahnstedt in Sedgwick.
 
He attended school for 12 years. On Dec. 22, 1935, he married Esther Hansen. He was a self employed farmer.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Haxtun Methodist Church, Haxtun Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge.
 
Mr. Ahnstedt is survived by two sisters, Eleanor Myers, Yuma, and Irene Rehyer, Sun Lake, Ariz.; and several nieces and nephews.Memorial contributions may be made to the Heritage Living Center, P.O. Box 308, Haxtun,Colo. 80731, or the Haxtun United Methodist Church, P.O.
Box 145, Haxtun, Cob. 80731.

 Arthur M Ahnstedt
Hazel I (Padget )
 Esther M (Hansen)

 
 

 
Dola Irene (Brunken) Ahnstedt family
 
Father: John George Brunken
Mother: Hazel I Plog
Married Glen E Ahnstedt

Dola Ahnstedt Obituary ~

Dola Irene Brunken Ahnstedt
Dola Irene Ahnstedt, age 62, passed away on Wednesday, March 24, 1993 at the Swedish Medical Center in Englewood.
 
Funeral services were held March 27 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Haxtun with Rev. Jerry Harms officiating. Burial followed in the Haxtun Cemetery with Thompson Mortuary of Haxtun handling arrangements.
 
She was born the daughter of John and Hazel Plog Brunken on October 18, 1930 in Logan County at the farm home of Oliver and Vesta Lambert near Dailey. She attended school in Haxtun.
 
She was baptized in the Lutheran Church and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Haxtun.
 
Dola married Glen Ahnstedt. They were the parents of two children Sonja and Eddie. Glen passed away in 1973.
 
Dola lived in Idaho. Washington, Oregon and California before moving back to the Haxtun-Fleming area in 1954. She moved to Aurora in 1969 and had lived there since that time.
 
She was a member of Hope Lutheran Church in Aurora.
 
Survivors include her son Eddie Ahnstedt and wife Kathi of California; daughter Sonja Bell and husband Roc of Julesburg; sister Zelma Smith and husband Richard of Sterling; six grandchildren Nathan, Aaron, Heather and Cassie Bell and Michelle and Adriane Ahnstedt and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and other family.
 
She was preceded in death by her parents.

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