The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-01-10
LARS SWANSON I
TAKEN SUDDENLY J |, ! J ] /
kiron Citizen go Years Of Age Passes
Away Wed nesdays Night, Pneu-
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FUNERAL WAS FRIDAY =. NJ.
Leaves Wife and Adopted Daughter
and Many Friends to Deeply
Mourn Sudden Death.
Mr.. Lars Swanson, after a very
short illness, passed away at hisS
home in Old Kiron on Wednesday
night at $3.50, with pneumonia. Some,
three weeks ago his wife took sick
with the same ailment and has been
under the care of a nurse, and at the
present writing Is slowly recovering,
| and the sudden Illness and death OF
her husband was indeed hard blow
to her. Only a few days prior to his
death Mr.. Swanson was about attend
ing to his duties and on Saturday eve
Ing, not feeling very we'll, was COM
PEELED to take to his bed. Many OF
his friends had not learned OF his Ill.
ness SO when the news Of his death
was reported it. came as blow. Mr..
Lars Swanson was born in Skaraborg-
Ian, Vestergotland, Sweden. Nov. Is,
1886, where he resided up until in the
year 1888, together with his wife and
adopted daughter. he came to Alneri-
ca, locating in this settlement After
a few years of farming he purchased
the former Mission church property I
at Old Kiron, where they have lived
during the past seventeen years. Ow.
ing to the illness of his now SORROW
ing wife, who in her condition is lin-
able to furnish us with dates and de-
tails, we have from other sources
learned that the marriage Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Swanson took place in the year
1873. Thus their welded life is q PEE
riOd Of forty-thr years. No children
were born to this union, but in Swe-
den they adopted a daughter, whom
they reared to womanhood and who
later became the wife Of Albert La
vine, residing in the Immediate neigh
borhood north of Kiron. II we have
the correct information Mr.. Swanson
had attained the age Of 80 years, I
month and % days. He was q man
who was etseemed by all who knew
him, peaceful and always attending to-
his own affairs; good desirable
lneighbor OF most genial disposition.
The funeral was held from the Mis-
Ision church ON Friday afteYnoon. ~
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long time neightor ana friend. Tthsii
services were conducted by Rev. If-sl
win Johnson the interment being)I
made in the Kiron cemetery. BesidesI
the foster daughter, Mrs. Albert La-I
vine, and family. he leaves to mourn
his death his devoted wife and al
brother-in-law, c. ]. Linhulk, and fam. 4
lily.
Axle Johnston, Of Omaha, arrived
at Kiron Thursday for short visit
with relatives and friends. Y
Conrad Naslund returned to Mara.
thon Friday after a weeks visit with
acquaintances in and around Kironl
Mr.. and Mrs Marvin Snare returns
ed Saturday noon from their visit with
relatives at Kirkhaven, Mimi, and
Sloan, Iowa.
4 Peter Jacobson went to Marathon
Saturday, where he will spend 9 week
visiting at the homes of Arvid Larson
and Henry Benson, former residents
of this neighborhood.
Reuben Butler Is advertising q sale
of his stock and farm machinery on Il
the Mrs. G.. A. Larson farm north Of
Old Kiron, to take place on January II
29th. He will move his family to
Kiron, but has not fully decided ;as III
his future vocation. Nj s5S
Swan Swanson, of Omaha, who spent
several days at the Mrs. Carlson home 4
west of town, leaves this weeksfor
Duluth, Mimi, where he expects TO 2
remain for some time. @ Ss n S s5
4 The Norelius Brothers have leased
the livery barn property and opened q
up the livery business again In Kirons
and in connection will conduct q feed Il
barn. The boys expect to have good
rigs and teams and will endeayor to
give the public the best OF aeryices
and should have the patronage which
they will serve efficiently. We wish
for them success in their undertak- 4
ing.
Rev. Irwin Johnson leaves this week
for Stromberg, Neb., to assist In q
series of meetings for a few weeks.
During his absence visiting talent Is /
expected to be secured to fill his place
at the church at Sunday services.
A. Dahlin was taken very sick last
week with appendicitis and was re- 4
moved to hospital in Denison Satur- \
day, where an operation was per-
formed. He withstood the ordeal fine
and is getting along very nicely. n
r. H. Morgan and family, OF Pis-
gah. have been visitors the past week
at the home of Mrs, C. A. Larson. Mr..
Morgan recently disposed Of his butch-
er business at Pisgah and is looking
around for a new location.
Through the Clauson Bros. real
estate agency a deal was, put through
last week, in which Mr., Jorgenson dis
posed of his butcher, business to J. U
Lundberg, Of Omaha. A.
Z Carroll School Contract Let.
CARROLL, Jan. 4-The school board
let the contract for building the new
high school to Read Macdonald. of
Brewster. Mimi, for S7O,722. This In
cludes a number of things not named