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years later, when her only son, Halldor, died in Chicago leaving
a young widow and small son. These sorrows she faced with the
kind of courage and fortitude that sustained her during the long
months of her last illness, taking joy in the closeness of her many
friends and the visits of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon Jones and granddaughter, Marilyn, who travelled from
Chicago to be with her.
A loyal, sensitive and loving person, Anna had a way of being
available when needed. No one stood alone who had won her
friendship.
CAROLINE GUNNARSON
The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in
your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of
God just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life’s
plain common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and
daily bread are the sweetest things in life.
— Selected.