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Jennie Kathryn Gutschow Larson

Birth
Washington County, Nebraska, USA
Death
2 Oct 1933 (aged 24)
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Orum, Washington County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
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Larson, Jennie Kathryn (Gutschow) 10/2/1933

FIRST SLEEPING SICKNESS DEATH REPORTED HERE

MRS. CLYDE E. LARSON, 24, OF ORUM DISTRICT SUCCUMBS MONDAY

FIRST ENCEPHALITIS FATALITY IN COUNTY

EPIDEMIC VICTIM WAS GRADUATE OF BLAIR HIGH, AND HAD ATTENDED WAYNE NORMAL; TAUGHT COUNTY SCHOOLS FOR FOUR YEARS

Stricken suddenly by encephalitis, better-known as “sleeping sickness”, Mrs. Clyde E. Larson, of Blair, aged 24, died in an Omaha hospital less than a week after she became ill. This is the first fatality reported in Washington county from the epidemic which has been prevalent in the Midwest recently.

Mrs. Larson, as Jenny Kathryn Gutschow, was born May 27, 1909, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Gutschow of the Orum neighborhood. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. After receiving her elementary education in the county schools, she attended Blair high school, and upon graduation from that institution enrolled at Wayne State Normal College for a year. At the end of her year of college, Mrs. Larson accepted a position as teacher in the county schools, where she taught for four years.

On May 24, 1930, she was married to Clyde E. Larson. To the couple were born two children, Duane, who died in 1931, and Clyde Frederick Larson, Jr., who survives. Besides the husband and son, the deceased leaves to mourn her departure here bereaved parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Gutschow; four sisters, Beaulah, Margaret, Erna and Catherine; three brothers, Fred, Wilfred, and Chris; her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Nielsen, and many other relatives.

Last rites were conducted Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock at the Danish Lutheran church at Orum, with Rev. Peterson and Rev. Jersild in charge. Burial was in the Orum cemetery.


~~~Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society – Newspaper clipping on file in the Blair Public Library in Blair, Nebraska ~~~
Larson, Jennie Kathryn (Gutschow) 10/2/1933

FIRST SLEEPING SICKNESS DEATH REPORTED HERE

MRS. CLYDE E. LARSON, 24, OF ORUM DISTRICT SUCCUMBS MONDAY

FIRST ENCEPHALITIS FATALITY IN COUNTY

EPIDEMIC VICTIM WAS GRADUATE OF BLAIR HIGH, AND HAD ATTENDED WAYNE NORMAL; TAUGHT COUNTY SCHOOLS FOR FOUR YEARS

Stricken suddenly by encephalitis, better-known as “sleeping sickness”, Mrs. Clyde E. Larson, of Blair, aged 24, died in an Omaha hospital less than a week after she became ill. This is the first fatality reported in Washington county from the epidemic which has been prevalent in the Midwest recently.

Mrs. Larson, as Jenny Kathryn Gutschow, was born May 27, 1909, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Gutschow of the Orum neighborhood. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. After receiving her elementary education in the county schools, she attended Blair high school, and upon graduation from that institution enrolled at Wayne State Normal College for a year. At the end of her year of college, Mrs. Larson accepted a position as teacher in the county schools, where she taught for four years.

On May 24, 1930, she was married to Clyde E. Larson. To the couple were born two children, Duane, who died in 1931, and Clyde Frederick Larson, Jr., who survives. Besides the husband and son, the deceased leaves to mourn her departure here bereaved parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Gutschow; four sisters, Beaulah, Margaret, Erna and Catherine; three brothers, Fred, Wilfred, and Chris; her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Nielsen, and many other relatives.

Last rites were conducted Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock at the Danish Lutheran church at Orum, with Rev. Peterson and Rev. Jersild in charge. Burial was in the Orum cemetery.


~~~Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society – Newspaper clipping on file in the Blair Public Library in Blair, Nebraska ~~~

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  • Added: Mar 9, 2019
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197418709/jennie_kathryn-larson: accessed ), memorial page for Jennie Kathryn Gutschow Larson (27 May 1909–2 Oct 1933), Find a Grave Memorial ID 197418709, citing Lincoln Lutheran Cemetery, Orum, Washington County, Nebraska, USA; Maintained by MrsB (contributor 47910340).