Harlan, Iowa Tribune
Tuesday January 26, 1993
Eleanor v
Brodersen, 77
Aug. 15,1915—Jan. 11,1993
HARLAN — Eleanor Lea
Brodersen, daughter of Arthur and
Lillian (Spence) Frederickson was
born Aug. 15, 1915, on the
Frederickson home farm three and
one half miles southeast of Harlan.
She died Jan. 11, 1993, at the
McCook Community Hospital in
McCook, NE., while visiting her son
at age 77 years, four months and
27 days. She attended Jackson
Twp. #2 school, and graduated
from Harlan High School in 1933.
At age 15, she was baptized at the
Bethlehem Lutheran Church in
Jacksonville, where she was a
member at that time. After high
school, she taught country school.
Aug. 11, 1935, she married
Henry Brodersen in Nebraska City,
NE. Three children were born to
this union. After their marriage,
they farmed near Jacksonville until
1947 when they moved into Harlan.
She then helped her husband manage a feed store in Harlan for the
next 15 years, and later was the
receptionist for Dr. Robert Jensen
for several years. After the death
of her husband June 23, 1972, she
made her home in Harlan and Lake
View, until 1983, when she returned to Harlan on a permanent
basis. She became a member of
the Immanuel Lutheran Church in
Harlan in 1946. She was also a
past member of the Lebanon
Chapter No. 8, Order of Eastern
Star and a member of the Priscilla
Society of the Congregational
United Church of Christ, both of
Harlan.
In addition to her parents and
husband; she was preceded in
death by a snn. Richard R.
Brodersen; and sister, Ellen Anne
Radnich. She is survived by a son,
Max (Carol) Brodersen of McCook,
NE.; 1 daughter, Margaret Ann
Hatcher of Harlan; 2 grandsons; 1
granddaughter; 2 step-grandchildren; 5 step-great-grandchildren; a
sister-in-law, Cecil Camery of
Harlan; and other relatives.
Funeral services were held Jan.
15, 1993, at Pauley Funeral Home
with Rev. Harrison J. Kline of the
Bethlehem Lutheran Church in
Jacksonville, officiating. Burial was
in the Jacksonville cemetery with
Max Plumb, Elmer "Sparky" Larsen,
Fred McKee, Norman Stamp,
Robert H. Paulsen and Gaillard Lund
honorary casketbearers. Casketbearers were Max Bacon, Michael
J. Brodersen, Bert Hillers, Leroy
Anastasi, Richard J. Brodersen and
Harold E. Johnson. Pauley Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.