Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-08-13

B. Anderson of Fremont twp, and
was in his 37th year. He lived on
the farm home with his mother, and
was fine young man, of sterling
worth and character and his death
just in the prime of life is a sad
blow to the bereaved relatives and
friends. He leaves to mourn his
loss, his mother, three brothers and
two sisters, Eric and Andrew of De-
eorah and Albert of Brooklyn, N. Y,
Mrs. Frank Moen, of Cresco and Mrs.
John Riggs of Kendallville.
The funeral occurred Sunday af-
ternoon from the Lutheran church
north of Kendallville, Rev Rasmus-
lsen, officiating.
Reiar X. Hamre.
Reiar X. Hamre passed away this
morning at three o'clock, at his home
, just north of DEBORAH, after an ill
ness of four or FIVE months. He
was one of Decorah's we'll known pi-
oneers, and was born in valdres,
Norway in 1925. His wife died
about thirty years ago, and he is
survived by two daughters and two
sons, Mrs. H. c. Hjerleid, of DEBORAH,
Mrs. ]. o. Johnson, of ST. Paul, Tom,
of Cresco and Gust R. of DEBORAH.
We are without data for COM
plete obituary. The funeral will
take place this week Friday from
the United Lutheran church, Rev.
Otto Schmidt, offic' ating.
ole Gjerdvick.
Ole Gjerdvick we'll known resi-
dent of Canoe Township passed away
suddenly Monday afternoon from
heart disease. He was born July
lis, 1856 in Norway. Mr.. Gjerdvick
was one of Winneshiek countys well
known and substantial farmers. He,
leaves to mourn his loss, the widow
and one daughter. The funeral will
be held Thursday afternoon at eleven
O'Clock, from the Hauge church in
Canoe, Rev. Rasmussen, officiating.
George Harter.
The funeral service of George
Harter who passed away on July
10Th were held Sunday, his parents
having arrived from Germany Friday
morning, and the remains of their
son was taken home from La Crosse
Friday evening.
George was the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Harter and was born May
IS, 1889 at Locust, Iowa, and was
"a years, 2 months and II days old
at the time of his death. The seri-
Gus accident which happened to him
and which eventually caused his
death has been mentioned before in
these columns When he was taken
to the. hospital the doctors had good
hopes Of saving him, Three days af-
! ter his arrival they set his>f leg in the
pest manner hHOWH 10 tHciI plOics-'
sion and the wound was healing
nicely, and he seemed in the best of
spirits, but the afternoon of July
20, the attending nurse noticed that
he had swooned, and calling the
physicians they discovered a case Of
ambulism, which in other words is
! the passing up of blood clot or par
| ticle of fat in a severed vein into the
heart and thence into the lungs, OBJ
structing the flow of blood, causing
| speedy and unavoidable death. The
deceased was a model young man,
and had lived at home with his par
ents practically all his life. In his
early youth he attended district
school, and secured a diploma. At
forwards he attended Valder's Bust
ness College and fitted himself for
life Just before finishing the course
he was offered a position in a bank
at Armour, S. d., which he accept
ed, but after about three months in
that position he decided to make a
change, prefering the free, outdoor
life, and came home and assisted his