Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-09
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Louretta Van Huakjrk

Louretta Van Buskirk.
Louretta Van Buskirk was born In
| Tuskawaras county, Ohio, on Dec 4,
1862, and died at her home near FIRE.
mont, Ia, July rs. 1910, aged AZ years
| 7 months and 81 days. The funeral
cortege left the house at nine o'clock
Wednesday morning July II, arriving
at Kirkville M. E. church at 10 o'clock,
where the funeral services were held,
being conducted bv Rev. Geo. Filmer
of Fremont, assisted by Rev. J. S.
Decker of the Kirkville M. E.. church.
1nterment was made in the Kirkville
cemetery. Me-
The deceased came to Iowa with her
parents in the spring Of 1864 and set
tied on farm south of Fremont where
she lived until she was united In mar
riage to j. c. Albertson, which occur
red February II, 1856. when they
moved to their own farm, two and
one-half miles south Of Fremont,
where she resided until her death.
She leaves to mourn their loss her
father and mother Mr.. and Mrs. L.
Van Buskirk husband, three chill
dren, Linford. Harley and Ethel, and
two brothers. c. B. Van Buskirk, Of
Eden, Ia, and w. A. Van Buskirk OF
south Of Fremont, besides hosts OF
friends and relatives. She has always
proved a devoted wife and mother, a
dutiful daughter and a faithful friend.
Some five weeks. ago Mrs. Albertson
was in the yard hunting for hens nests
In bed of mint. A broken pane of
glass had been thrown in the bed of
mint when the ground was soft and
stood in perpendicular position and
in stepping she struck the glass which
penetrated the f1eshy part of the right
limb below the knee to depth of four
or five inches A doctor was summoned
within an hour after accident and
found that vein had been severed
He cared for the wound and the in
lection from it was only local. A
trained nurse was secured who was
with her at the time of her death. She
was recovering rapidly from the cut
and was able to sit up and was getting
along as well as any one could have
expected, was jovial and looked for
ward to the end Of the week when she
would be able to walk about. Monday
she complained about pain IN the
region of her heart and a doctor was
Immediately summoned but she ex-
pired before he arrived. The cause OF
her death was embolus-a blood clot in.
the heart. All was done that human
hands could do but it was the Mas
ter's will that she be now called. The
family have the sympathy of ak
Contributed.
At 8 a. M, Sunday occurred the
death OF Mrs. JOnn kernS VINO nad
been in failing health for the past two
years. Mrs. Kerns was the ideal type
of the true Christian mother. She ex-
emplified in her daily life the many
Christian virtues, particularly charity,
Mrs. Kerns is survived by her husband
John Kerns, five sons, George,
Thomas, Stephen, Lester and Levi;
two daughters, Margaret and Mabel;
three sisters, Mrs. J. w. Kerns, Au-
burn, Neb., Mrs. J. J. Murray, Rock
Rapids, a.. and Mrs. M. J. Murray,
Galava, H., and two brothers, S. A.
Crowley Of Ottumwa, Ia, and ]. e.
Crowley Of Earlville.
The funeral of Mrs. Kerns was held
Tuesday morning from st. Teresas
church at 10 o'clock Solemn requiem
mass was celebrated by the pastor,
Rev. P. F. Sheridan Rev. G. J. Quinn
of Plano was deacon Of the mass and
Rev. H. Tholin of Mendoza was sub
deacon. The services at the grave
were participated in by the priests in
attendance.