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Catherine <I>Huff</I> Dencer

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Catherine Huff Dencer

Birth
Germany
Death
9 Feb 1908 (aged 75)
Liberty, Marion County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
Plot
934
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died of dropsy
daughter of Jacob Huff

BIOGRAPHICAL: From Liberty - Mrs. Katherina Dencer, of Liberty, who was so seriously injured a week ago by falling down from the hay loft, and was entirely scalped, is improving nicely. There is not another case just like this known to the medical profession. Her scalp was turned back and cleansed and sewed into position after which her scalp was shaved. She also had several ribs broken and a fracture in her skull. The physicians said she could live only a few hours, but she has recovered and is now sitting up in bed and will soon to about again. The scalp is growing fast and if nothing happens she will be as sound as ever soon. The patient has never yet been told, nor realized that her entire scalp had been removed from her eyebrows to the back of her head. It was so full of chaff and dirt that it had to be washed and it was several hours before it was again properly adjusted. Capital Journal 20 Nov 1898 4:3

OBITUARY:
At her residence in Liberty, Catherine Denser [sic], aged 76 years. Mrs. Denser [sic] was the widow of the late Valentine Denser, and is survived by the following children: Mrs. Tim, of this city; Edward Denser and Mrs. Lucy Sipprell, of Liberty, Mrs. Barbara Lorence, of Monmouth; Philip Denser, of Sprague, Washington. The funeral will be held from the family home at Liberty at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Capital Journal 10 February 1908 10:6
died of dropsy
daughter of Jacob Huff

BIOGRAPHICAL: From Liberty - Mrs. Katherina Dencer, of Liberty, who was so seriously injured a week ago by falling down from the hay loft, and was entirely scalped, is improving nicely. There is not another case just like this known to the medical profession. Her scalp was turned back and cleansed and sewed into position after which her scalp was shaved. She also had several ribs broken and a fracture in her skull. The physicians said she could live only a few hours, but she has recovered and is now sitting up in bed and will soon to about again. The scalp is growing fast and if nothing happens she will be as sound as ever soon. The patient has never yet been told, nor realized that her entire scalp had been removed from her eyebrows to the back of her head. It was so full of chaff and dirt that it had to be washed and it was several hours before it was again properly adjusted. Capital Journal 20 Nov 1898 4:3

OBITUARY:
At her residence in Liberty, Catherine Denser [sic], aged 76 years. Mrs. Denser [sic] was the widow of the late Valentine Denser, and is survived by the following children: Mrs. Tim, of this city; Edward Denser and Mrs. Lucy Sipprell, of Liberty, Mrs. Barbara Lorence, of Monmouth; Philip Denser, of Sprague, Washington. The funeral will be held from the family home at Liberty at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Capital Journal 10 February 1908 10:6

Bio source: Salem Pioneer Cemetery Website

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Catherine H. Dencer 1832 - 1908
[S. face of monument shared with Valentine, Jacob, and Florence]
2nd Marker: Mother
(too worn to read as of Apr 2003)

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