Sophia RAUK

1891 - 1993  (102 years)

• Name	Sophia RAUK
  Birth	3 Jan 1891	Goodhue County, Minnesota
  Gender	Female
  Death	12 Sep 1993	Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota
  Burial	Nerstrand Cemetery, Nerstrand, Rice County, Minnesota
  Notes	From Find A Grave: Sophia Larson, age 102, of Nerstrand/Kenyon area, died early Sunday morning, September 12,1993 at the Kenyon Sunset Home. She was born on January 3,1891 in Holden Township to Knute and Mary Qvamme Rauk. She was baptized and confirmed at Vang Lutheran Church in rural Dennison. She graduated from St. Olaf Academy in 1910 and later taught in rural Goodhue County. In 1916 she was united in marriage to Lester Larson. The couple resided in the Nerstrand area until Sophia entered the Kenyon Sunset Home in 1988. She was a lifelong member of Grace Lutheran Church and the Ladies Aid at Grace. She also taught Monday School at Grace for many years. She is survived by one son Lester Robert Larson, and his wife Joan, of Nerstrand; three daughters, Marie Tolley and her husband, Robert, of Long Beach, California, Julie Farmer of Kenyon and Avis Frethem and her husband, Harland, of Richfield, Minnesota; 22 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Agnes Meyer of Winthrop, Minnesota, Mildred Westermoe of Madison, Wisconsin, and Thelma Rumpf of San Diego, California. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Lester in 1956, one daughter, Beata Hogue,14 brothers and sisters and one great-granddaughter, Amy.
  Person ID	I21711	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Knute Hanson RAUK,   b. 3 Dec 1860, Rock River, Wisconsin d. 20 Jul 1927, Goodhue County, Minnesota (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Mary QUAMME,   b. 29 Dec 1871, Holden Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota d. 27 Mar 1963, Sibley County, Minnesota (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	9 Jul 1890	Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F10214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lester S LARSON
  Marriage	22 Jun 1916	Goodhue County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F15696	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2016