Árdís - 01.01.1958, Side 49

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Mrs. Jakobina Thorgeirson
1864 - 1957
Mrs. Jakobina Thorgeirson of
Ste. 29, Westwood Apts., Ellice
Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba died at
King Edward Hospital on Decem-
ber 5th 1957 after a lengthy illness
at the age of 94 years.
Born in Iceland, the daughter of
Jakob and Sigurbjorg Oddsson she
came to Winnipeg in 1883, her
parents came at a later date and
settled on a Homestead they
named “Lundi” just north of Gimli.
In 1888 Jakobina married Olafur
Thorgeirson, a printer from Ice-
land. Mr. Thorgeirson was the
Danish Consul from 1914 to ’26, a
very active member in the Ice-
landic Good Templar Lodge ,Skuld’
and a member of “Helgi Magri” Club, a club of men from Akureyri,
Eyjafjord, Iceland all endowed with splendid voices, and took a
prominent part in Theatricals . . . for in the pioneer days people had
to make their own entertainment and this they surely did as the old
annals report. All these interests brought constant activities into the
home . . . though very interesting, it is at times challenging to the
strength and patience of the “Lady of the House”, Mrs. Thorgeirson
was at all times the gentle, kind hostess.
Mr. Thorgeirson died in 1937. Surviving their mother are three
daughters (Caroline) Mrs. Ragnar Swanson, (Jakobína) Mrs. John
Davidson, and Aida and two sons, Geir and Oli, 6 grandchildren and
five great-grandchildren. Three children predeceased their mother,
Olavia of the Public School staff of Winnipeg and Kjartan and
Heida. Mrs. Thorgeirsons funeral from the First Lutheran Church
was conducted by Dr. V. J. Eylands. Burial in Brookside cemetery.
Flora Benson