He was an industrious young man with considerable skill as a mechanic. During the fall and winter he had been employed at a garage in Des Moines and doing plumbing work at Camp Dodge.
About a month ago he came home and was taken ill of measles. Pneumonia developed which caused his death.
Funeral services were private, there being other cases of measles in the home, and were held Sunday afternoon with burial in the Bonaparte cemetery.
Father and mother, one brother, Paul and three sisters, Margaret, Florence and Gertrude are left to mourn.
He was an industrious young man with considerable skill as a mechanic. During the fall and winter he had been employed at a garage in Des Moines and doing plumbing work at Camp Dodge.
About a month ago he came home and was taken ill of measles. Pneumonia developed which caused his death.
Funeral services were private, there being other cases of measles in the home, and were held Sunday afternoon with burial in the Bonaparte cemetery.
Father and mother, one brother, Paul and three sisters, Margaret, Florence and Gertrude are left to mourn.
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