OBITUARY
Botnen
Mathias Botnen, aged 26 died suddenly Sunday morning at 9 o'clock at the home of his mother-in-law, Mrs. A. Tostenson, one-half mile east of Dillon, of congestion of the lungs. Mr. Botnen had not been very well for the past month, but was in his usual health Sunday morning, arising and dressing himself and going down stairs. Shortly after getting up he went into the kitchen and drank a cup of hot coffee and, upon going into the sitting room, seated himself in a chair and died in a few minutes. Deceased leaves a wife and one son, the latter 1 year old. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon from the residence, with interment at the Stavanger cemetery.
---Marshalltown Times-Republican, Monday, May 22, 1899