Marie Josephine Christensen

1888 - 1972  (83 years)

• Name	Marie Josephine Christensen
  Nickname	Minnie
  Born	19 Sep 1888	St. Paul, Minnesota
  Gender	Female
  Died	13 Sep 1972	St. Mary's Hospital, Minneapolis
  Person ID	I843	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2021

  
  

  Family	Gunsten C. Paulson,   b. 3 Nov 1856, Bygland, Aust-Agder, Norway ,   d. 29 Jun 1935, Pine County, Minnesota, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Married	28 Jun 1904	Bremen Township, Pine County, Minnesota, USA
  Children	+ 1. Olin Palmer Paulson,   b. 27 Aug 1905, WIlliow River, Pine, MN ,   d. 30 Dec 1990, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA  (Age 85 years)   2. Arnold Oran Paulson,   b. 22 Nov 1907, WIlliow River, Pine, MN ,   d. 19 Apr 1970, Moose Lake, Carlton County, Minnesota, USA  (Age 62 years)   3. Mabel Paulson,   b. 13 Nov 1910,   d. 26 Jan 2003  (Age 92 years)   4. John Olen Paulson,   b. 16 Aug 1912, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 7 Dec 1991, Minnesota, USA  (Age 79 years)   5. Lillian Thressa Paulson,   b. 19 Mar 1915, WIlliow River, Pine, MN ,   d. 18 Feb 2009, Northfiled, Rice, MN  (Age 93 years)   6. Ole Gordon Paulson,   b. 19 Sep 1917, WIlliow River, Pine, MN ,   d. 14 Aug 2006, Hennepin, Minnesota  (Age 88 years)   7. Annie Elizabeth Paulson,   b. 19 Feb 1920, WIlliow River, Pine, MN ,   d. 22 May 1955, Denham, Pine County, Minnesota, USA  (Age 35 years) + 8. August Avlin Paulson,   b. 13 Oct 1924, Willow River, Pine, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 21 Sep 2009, Prior Lake, Scott, Minnesota  (Age 84 years)
  Last Modified	24 Oct 2024
  Family ID	F279	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Mrs. Gunsten (Minnie) Paulson, 83, one of the few remaining pioneers of the Birch Creek community, passed away on September 13th at St. Mary's Hospital, Minneapolis, after a long illness. Services were held Saturday morning, September 16th at Werness Brothers Chapel in Minneapolis. Officiating was Rev. Wendell Shiell of Oak Grove Lutheran Church, Richfield, of which Mrs. Paulson was a member. Soloist Bruce Nielson sang "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" and "How Great Thou Art". The organist was Mrs. Dorothy Scheibe. Mrs. Paulson was laid to rest in Nordland Cemetery near Denham with graveside services Saturday afternoon. Rev. Brown of Faith Lutheran Church officiated. Six of her seven grandsons served as casket bearers: Sigfred, Robert, David, Ronald and Wade Paulson and Frank Strom. Marie Josephine (Minnie) Christensen was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 19, 1888 to Peter and Annastina Christensen. She was orphaned at the age of seven, and when a young girl, moved with her foster parents, John and Martina Christensen (her uncle and aunt) to a homestead in Bremen Township, Pine County. She was united in marriage on June 28, 1904 to Gunsten Paulson of Manitowoc, Wis., and they settled in Birch Creek Township. They raised eight children there. Mr. Paulson died in 1935 and in 1947 Minnie moved to Minneapolis to make a new home for herself and her children. Left to mourn her passing are two daughters, Mabel (Mrs. T.J.) Wahtola and Lillian (Mrs. Paul) Strom; four sons, Palmer, John, Gordon and Alvin; 16 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren, all of the Minneapolis area. Besides her husband, Gunsten, preceding her in death were also a daughter, Anne, in 1935 and a son, Arnold, in 1970. Published on September 26, 1972 in the Pine County Courier, Sandstone, Minnesota.