Clackamas-Marion County OR Archives Obituaries.....Knutson, Chas C July 25, 1922 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sheron Faynor nitwittwin@hotmail.com October 3, 2006, 7:55 pm Canby Herald and Clackamas County News July 27,1922 Chas C Knutson Dies Suddenly on Tuesday Resident of this Section since 1909,Funeral held Thursday from M.E Church Chas C Knutson,prominent resident of Canby,passed away at his home in Canby,Tuesday morning,July 25,at 6:45 o'clock.Mr KNutson was operated on some time ago at the oregon City hospital for water on the lungs,and it was thought that he was on the road to recovery,but on MOnday afternoon he was taken suddenly ill again,which resulten in his death on Tuesday. The funeral services were held at the M.E Church,Thursday afternoon with rev Overt Skilbred,of the Norwegian Lutheran church officiating,of which church Mr Knutson had been a member for years.During the services the choir rendered several selections,with special songs by members of the congregation and others.Internment was in the Barlow cemetary,where he was laid to rest by the side of his two sons who are buried there. The pallbearers were old time friends of the deceased and were: O.M. Matteson,A.L. Kleve,John Eid,S.B Berg,H.C Howe and John Satter. Chas C Knutson was born in Norway,May 8,1866,and at the time of his death was 56 years,two months,and 17 days old.In 1870,when four years of age,together with his parents he immigrated to the United States,first settling in Blair,Wisconsin.On September 26,1889,he was united in marriage to Sophia Amanda Tenison,to which union 12 children were born,eight of whom survive.In (***) they left Wisonsin for Oregon,settling on the Molalla River near Canby,where they lived for several years,moving from there to a farm near Needy,where they resided until almost four years ago when they moved to Canby where they have since resided. Mr Knutson is survived by his widow and the following children: Clara and Tillie,of Portland;Berdine,Eva ,Johnn and Basil,of Canby,and mrs Selma Deets,of needy.he is also survived by his father,Knute Knute Christopherson,of Blair,Wisconsin,and two sisters,Mrs O.I Berg,of San Diego,Calif.,and mrs J.I Berg,of berg North Dakota. Additional Comments: Date of moving from Wisconsin to oregon is unreadable but appears to be 1908 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/clackamas/obits/k/knutson2225gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb