William George Larabee was a farmer and was a very religious man. He believed in saying grace before dinner and he believed in speaking out against the wrongs in the world. He was born in Haddam, Kansas and as a young boy moved with his parents to Burlington Junction, Missouri. They came in a covered wagon pulled by a team of horses. It was not an easy journey. He spoke of the terrain in Missouri being very hilly and the going was very rough. He met his wife, Myrtle Vanfosson in Missouri. They were married August 1, 1903 in Maryville, Missouri. They moved to Carthage, South Dakota where they farmed for 19 years. In Carthage, they became members of the Pilgrim Congregational Church on March 3, 1918. In 1920, William was employed as a dental assistant in downtown Carthage. He was the assistant to Doc Albert S. Bensend. Dentistry was pretty primitive in those days and William did not stay in that profession for long. By 1930 he was back at farming, this time in Esmond, South Dakota. In 1933 they moved back to College springs, Iowa. When his wife Myrtle became ill, William was at her bedside day and night. When she passed away in 1967, it was like a piece of him went with her. Family said he was never the same after that. He lived with family in Omaha, Nebraska for a while, and eventually went to a retirement home in Clarinda, Iowa where he passed away 2 weeks later.
William George Larabee was a farmer and was a very religious man. He believed in saying grace before dinner and he believed in speaking out against the wrongs in the world. He was born in Haddam, Kansas and as a young boy moved with his parents to Burlington Junction, Missouri. They came in a covered wagon pulled by a team of horses. It was not an easy journey. He spoke of the terrain in Missouri being very hilly and the going was very rough. He met his wife, Myrtle Vanfosson in Missouri. They were married August 1, 1903 in Maryville, Missouri. They moved to Carthage, South Dakota where they farmed for 19 years. In Carthage, they became members of the Pilgrim Congregational Church on March 3, 1918. In 1920, William was employed as a dental assistant in downtown Carthage. He was the assistant to Doc Albert S. Bensend. Dentistry was pretty primitive in those days and William did not stay in that profession for long. By 1930 he was back at farming, this time in Esmond, South Dakota. In 1933 they moved back to College springs, Iowa. When his wife Myrtle became ill, William was at her bedside day and night. When she passed away in 1967, it was like a piece of him went with her. Family said he was never the same after that. He lived with family in Omaha, Nebraska for a while, and eventually went to a retirement home in Clarinda, Iowa where he passed away 2 weeks later.
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