WILHELM MIKKELSEN SONDERUP

DEATH TAKES W. M. SONDERUP – Funeral Services Are Held at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church – Funeral services were held Sunday, August 20, 1944 at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Logan for W. M. Sonderup, a native of Denmark and a pioneer resident of this community. 

The pallbearers were grandsons of the deceased. His grand-daughters served as flower bearers. 

Wilhelm Mikkelsen Sonderup was born March 23, 1864 in Linstrup, Schleswig, Denmark. 

He died August 18, 1944, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Theo Petersen, near Dannebrog, Neb. He came to America in 1884, and spent two years at Dwight, Ill., coming from there to Howard county where he has since made his home. 

On March 22, 1887 he was united in marriage to Miss Elsie Knudsen. To this union were born five sons and three daughters. Two of the sons died in infancy. Mrs. Sonderup died in 1925. 

Mr. Sonderup took an active interest in the work of the church. For many years he served as a member on the church board of the North Logan Church and also as Sunday School superintendent. 

He is survived by three sons, Henry of Howard County, Chris of Fullerton and Michael of Blair; three daughters, Mrs. Theo Petersen, Mrs. Marius Rasmussen and Mrs. Andrew Enoveldsen, all living near Dannebrog. There are also 29 grandchildren and 5 great grand-children. Out-of-town relatives attending the last rites included Mr. and Mrs. Niels Brojholm and daughter of Battle Creek, IA, Mrs. Effie Sonderup of Grand Island, Mr. and Mrs. Knud Knudsen of Hastings, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sonderup of Blair, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Sonderup and family of Fullerton, Norman and Doris Sonderup of Omaha, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Hansen and family of Omaha, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hansen and sons of Ralston.

Greeley Citizen, Greeley, Nebraska, Thursday, August 31, 1944