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On 14 February 1922 Mathias was united in marriage to Mabel Dione Gunderson, the daughter of Martin and Christine Gunderson, New London, MN. There was a drive to New London with horses and sled to pick up Mabel and her sister Olga, who was the bridesmaid. They drove up to the Norwegian Church parsonage to get married. Mabel's brother Melvin went along to hold the horses during the wedding. After the ceremony the bride and groom had a nine-mile drive through the cold and snow to their first home in the Spicer - Kandiyohi area.
Mabel's parents, the Gundersons, originally lived on the Ringville Prairie near Georgeville. Mabel attended School District 159 in Georgeville and was a confirmed member of Gausdal Lutheran Church. She also served as organist and Sunday School teacher at Gausdal.
Mathias and Mabel farmed most of their lives and rented farms near the towns of Spicer, Sunburg, Georgeville, and Kandiyohi, and rented on a small place southeast of New London. Later they moved to a trailer home in Hawick, which was their last home. Mathias ended up in Glen Oaks Nursing Center in New London, where he passed away 20 July 1977. He was laid to rest at the Green Lake Church cemetery near Kandiyohi.
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