Erik KASA

1869 - 1964  (94 years)

• Name	Erik KASA
  Birth	26 Sep 1869	Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Jul 1964	Rice County, Minnesota
  Burial	Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota
  Notes	He is a single 30 year-old day laborer living with his parents in the 1900 census. Married and farming in Lien Twp, Grant County, in the 1910 census. He is a 61 year-old laborer doing odd jobs and living in the village of Dennison, Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, in the 1930 census. From the Faribault Daily News, July 10, 1964: Funeral services were held Thursday, July 9, at 2 p.m. at the Anderson Funeral Home in Northfield for Erick Kasa, 94, with the Rev. H. S. Bly of Kenyon officiating in the absence of the regular pastor, the Rev. B. J. Blikstad. Those present joined in singing "Nearer My God To Three" and "Beautiful Savior". Pallbearers were Arthur Ellingboe, George Vandenheuvel, Phillip Hauge, Leroy Swarts, Sr., Leonard Simonson and Bennard Ellingboe. Burial was in the Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery at Dennison. Erick Kasa was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Erickson. He was born in the Dennison area on Sept. 26, 1869. Except for farming two years in Litchfield, he spent the rest of his life in the Dennison community. At one time he was engaged in the livery business in Dennison and was employed in the local creamery. He also worked on the Great Western Railroad. He was married in 1908 to Christine Thoreson. She preceded him in death. He was baptized and confirmed in the Vang Lutheran Church. He died at 7:30 a.m. Monday, July 6, at the St. Olaf Rest Home in Northfield where he had lived for several years. He had been in ill health since 1955. Surviving are three sons and one daughter: Fred of Cannon Falls, Herman and Maurice of Dennison and Mrs. Harold (Alice) Amundson of Rochester. There are five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren all surviving. There are four brothers living: John Kasa of Newtown, N. D., Austin Kasa of Northfield, Oscar Kasa of Annandale and Bennie of Dennison. Three sisters Betsey, Bertha and Ingeborg and three brothers: Iver, Helge and Albert preceded him in death. Erick Kasa had been married twice. Both of his former wives are dead, the former Mollie Thoreson and the former Christine Soine.
  Person ID	I11097	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	10 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Helge (Henry) Eiriksson KASA,   b. 17 May 1841   d. 30 Aug 1922, Warsaw, Goodhue County, Minnesota (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Ingrid Ivarsdatter (Ida) ELLINGBØ,   b. 12 Aug 1847, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 16 Apr 1931, Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1867
  Family ID	F2833	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Christine SOINE,   b. Nov 1875, Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota d. 17 Jun 1914, Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	24 Feb 1909	Meeker County, Minnesota
  Children	1. Herman Lorenzo KASA,   b. 12 May 1909, Minnesota d. 26 Jun 1991, Ramsey County, Minnesota (Age 82 years)   2. Alice Irene KASA,   b. 17 Mar 1911, Grant County, Minnesota d. 10 Mar 1996, Rice County, Minnesota (Age 84 years)   3. Maurice Christopher KASA,   b. 14 Jul 1913, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota d. 23 Feb 1985, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F8348	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2010

  
  

  Family 2	Mary THORESON,   b. Abt 1869, Minnesota d. 27 Jan 1908, Goodhue County, Minnesota (Age 39 years)
  Children	1. Freddie Rudolph KASA,   b. 24 Sep 1907, Goodhue County, Minnesota d. 4 May 1986, Goodhue County, Minnesota (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F3875	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart