Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-01-25
'HE ANGEL 66FF DEATH
Claims Lars Peter Larson of
Wi11mar as a Victim, After
a Short Illness.

1t is with feeling of more than ordi-
nary sadness that the people of Will
mar have been again called to tender
the last solemn rites to another men,
Der OF the Larson family and this time
one OF the leading business men of
our city. To the feeling of the afflicted
family and the widow and orphans we
we shall not refer, for we cannot do
justice to the subject. A little more
than two weeks ago these two young
men, the flower of the family so to
speak, were in the very prime of health
and with every prospect of all that is
bright and happy in life before them.
To-day they rest side by side in the
silent chamber of death.
Mr.. Larson was taken sick Tuesday
the 18th of this month, two days after
the funeral of his brother, with what
appeared to be a trifling spell of in
digestion, something to which he had
time and again in the past been sub
ject. The case, however, almost inn
mediately developed into dangerous
attack of typhlitis or appendicitis and
general peritonitis. He breathed his
last about 2 o'clock p. m. last Satur-
day.
He was born in Lvderslev, near
Storehedinge, Denmark, Feb. %, 1865.
He came to this country with his fami-
ly in 1881. Lars, being an unusually
bright boy, and endowed with superior
business talents and plenty of energy,
only wanted chance to at once rise
in the world. This soon came. He
entered the we'll known business house
of Dale & Roise in the fall of 1883 and
remained there continuously up to
Jan. LIST, 1897, when he entered into
partnership with Peter Peterson and
E. G. Wellin under the firm name of
Peterson, Larson g. Wellin. This
firm bought out and succeeded to the
large establishment of A. Larson &
Co., and was doing a very prosperous
business. He was just now fairly
started on the high road to a success
full business career. He was married
Aug. 4th, 1898, to Miss Minnie Hanson.
Two children were born to them, boy
three years old and a girl about one
year old.
He was prominent and popular and
active in fraternal societies of Will
mar. He was a Royal Arch Mason,
and had served with honorand fidelity
as Master of Sharon Lodge No. 104,
A. F. and A. NJ. He was also men,
Der of the Eastern Star, the Odd Fell
lows. and the Independent Order of
Foresters. He was also an honored
and faithful member of the Episcopal
church.
Funeral services were held yester-
day at two O'Clock. The remains were
escorted from the late residence to the
Episcopal church by members of the
Masonic lodge: also by members OF
the Odd Fellows and Foresters lodges.
At the church the services were brief,
but of highly impressive order. The
full vested choir, of which the de-
ceased was a member, joined the pro-
cession at the main door, and with the
rector, Rev. D. T. Booth, preceded
the pall-bearers carrying the remains
of their beloved member. The solemn
funeral march was played as the pro-
cession slowly marched up the aisle
of the church. From the chancel the
choir rendered several selections.
Miss Ella Mossberg sang very
touching solo. After a service OF
prayer, and the occasional hymn by
the choir, the Masons again took
charge of the remains and the vast
funeral cortege followed them to their
last resting-place at the Fairview Gem
etery. Here the services of the Ma
sonic Order were conducted, and the
different fraternal societies paid their
last respects to the deceased.
The floral offerings from the various
fraternal societies and the business
men of Willmar were perhaps the
most magnificent ever seen in Will.
mar. It testified eloquently to the
universal esteem in which the deceased
was held. His upright, straight for.
ward and genial character is well
known to all. His death casts a gloon
over the whole community.
May God in His inscrutable, and YET
allwise, providence vouchsafe grea,
mercy and consolation to the widow
and orphans and aged parents and
stricken relatives in their great af-
Fiction is the prayer of us all.