Surnames: Petersen

----Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 09/13/1951

Petersen, Steena (18 APR 1850 - 10 SEP 1951)

Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at two o’clock from the home and at 2:30 p.m. from the Danish Lutheran Church in Withee for Clark County’s oldest resident, Mrs. Steena Petersen. Mrs. Petersen was 101 years, 4 months and 22 days of age at the time of her death Monday night. Officiating at the service will be Rev. J. J. L. Dixen and Rev. Clayton Nielsen, Withee. Burial will be made in the family lot of the parish cemetery. Pallbearers will be Sam Andersen, Jens Miller, Jacob Christensen, Chris Frost, Charles Andersen and Arthur Jensen.. Those in charge of the flowers will be Hulga Andersen, Ethel Mae Rittelsen, Dagny Jensen, Mesdames Marie Miller, Margaret Potocnik and Chris Frost.

Death came quietly last Monday night at he home in Owen (Clark Co., Wis.) where she had been living with her two daughters, Sena and Clara. She had been ill for three days previous to her passing away but as late as Labor Day she was u enjoying a drive through the neighboring countryside with her daughters.

On April 19th more than 100 friends and relatives honored this lovely personality by attending a birthday party given for her by her daughters at the Danish Assembly Hall.. It has been only the past several years that she was unable to enjoy reading, as her eyesight had failed but she found immeasurable pleasure and comfort in various radio programs. Usually Mrs. Petersen would sleep or remain in bed until noon and then get up to spend the remainder of the day until about 10 p.m. working on a quilt she was making and listening to the radio.

She is survived by her two daughters, Misses Sena and Clara Petersen.