Individual Details

The Braham (Minn.) Journal, 19 Oct 1967
Mrs. Selma Dahlen, Former Resident, Passes at 71
Mrs. Selma Dahlen, age 71, passed away Sept. 30 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Williams, in Rochester after a six month illness. Funeral services were held Oct. 3 at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Rochester, with the Rev. Norbert A. Augst officiating. Burial was in the Oakwood Cemetery at Rochester.
Pallbearers were Jeffrey Ersbo, William Ersbo, Gary Williams, Earl Erickson and Wayne Ersbo. Honorary pallbearers were Terry Harlan and Roger Schwartz.
Mrs. Dahlin was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Nels Person of Seward in Grass Lake township. She was born Jan. 24, 1896 at Lakeland, Minn. and moved as a child to Grass Lake township, attending the Seward school. She was the widow of Charles J. Dahlen, a mail carrier on route 2, Braham.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Williams of Rochester and Mrs. William Ersbo of Minneapolis; a son, Duane Harlan of Green Bay, Wis.; six grandchildren; three brothers, Alfred and Andrew of Grass Lake township and Algot of Minneapolis; and five sisters, Mrs. Olga Wiener, Mrs. Emma Erickson, Mrs. Ted (Hulda) Schwartz and Nina Pearson, all of St. Paul and Mrs. Leol Hammer (Gladys) of Grass Lake township. All the brothers and sisters attended the funeral.

Birth	24 Jan 1896	Lakeland, Washington, Minn.
Marriage	8 Jan 1914	Kanabec Co., Minn. - John Harlan
Residence	1920	- Stanchfield, Isanti Co., Minn.
Residence	1935	Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minn.
Divorce	Bef 1940	John Harlan
Residence	18 Apr 1940	Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minn.
Death	30 Sep 1967	Rochester, Olmsted, Minn.
Marriage		Charles Dahlen
Burial		Rochester, Olmsted, Minn., Oakwood Cemetery

Spouse	John Harlan ( - )
Child	Luvern Harlan (1917 - )
Child	Lucille Harlan (1919 - )

Spouse

Charles Dahlen ( - )

Father	Nils Magnus Person (1864 - )
Mother	Berit "Martha" Staberg (1878 - 1952)
Sibling	Olga Pearson (1897 - 1975)
Sibling	Alfred Pearson (1899 - 1983)
Sibling	Andrew Pearson (1900 - 1973)
Sibling	Emma Pearson (1902 - 1986)
Sibling	"Babe" (Anna) Pearson (1905 - )
Sibling	Hulda C. Pearson (1907 - 1994)
Sibling	"Baby" Pearson (1909 - )
Sibling	Maria Berthina Pearson (1909 - )
Sibling	William Pearson (1910 - )
Sibling	Ellen Gladys "Gladys" Pearson (1911 - 2000)
Sibling	Ethel Nina "Nina" Pearson (1912 - 1990)
Sibling	Nils Rudolf Pearson (1914 - )
Sibling	Clara Agnes Mildred Pearson (1916 - )
Sibling	Algot Manfred Pearson (1918 - 1994)