Jensine Sorensen Godfredson

SORENSEN, GODFREDSON, PETERSEN

Posted By: Raechel Fox (email)
Date: 10/17/2020 at 19:03:20

Service Held For Titonka Woman

Titonka - Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon for Mrs. Jensine Godfredson who died Wednesday night following a long illness. 
Mrs. Godfredson was stricken with paralysis 16 years ago and since that time she has been a bedfast invalid. She was 91 years old.

Jensine Sorensen was born at Langeland, Denmark, April 6, 1848. She received her education in the old country. She came to the United States in 1884, to care for her sister's motherless children. She was married March 24, 1885, to Martin Godfredson of Wright county. Two children were born to this union, Lena of Titonka, and Chris, deceased. The family lived near Goldfield and in 1910 came to Titonka. 

Mrs. Godfredson is survived by her daughter, Miss Lena Godfredson, of Titonka, four stepchildren, Mrs. Rena Wallace, of Byers, Colo., Ramus Godfredson of Goldfield, Mrs. Lizzy Williams of Pleasantville, Mrs. Vera Ayer of Keokuk, one sister, Mrs. Ramus Petersen of Titonka, three grandsons, Wilbur Godfredson of Lakota and Ernest Godfredson of Forest City. There are two great-grandchildren.

The Bancroft Register - Bancroft, IA

July 6, 1924

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