Friends may call there after 3 pm today. Rosary will be recited by members of the Sacred heart Catholic Church of Dalton City at 8 pm Sunday in the funeral home. He had been in failing health two years and was seriously ill two weeks. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic church in Dalton City. Besides his wife, he leaves three sons, Harry of Hammond, Wayne of Lake City and John Jr. at home, three daughters, Mrs. Louise Brown of Macon, Mrs. Helen Smith of Dalton City and Miss Bess Ibison of Chicago, two brothers, James of Olivia, Minn, and David of Los Angeles, and 17 grandchildren.
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The Spanish Flu epidemic, known as a pandemic because it grew to worldwide proportions, is believed to have been born in early March 1918 when soldiers at Fort Riley, Kan., burned tons of manure. In a matter of mere hours, a person could go from strapping good health to being so enfeebled they could not walk. Victims complained of general weakness and severe aches in their muscles, backs, joints, and heads. PBS Report in 1998. Major cities provided a killing field for the virus with 1,000 people dying in Boston by the end of September 1918.