The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-10-20
Hans JOrgenson Celebrat-
ing Golden Wedding, is
Rudely Summoned.
GETS HEART DESIRE
Told Wife and Kenosha Kin He
Only Asked to Live to See
Golden Wedding Day.
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In the merry midst OF golden we'd
ding bells, in a home gaily bedecked
with gorgeous October foliage and
flowers, Hans C. Jorgensen, brother
in-law of Anthony and Andrew Jensen
of Kenosha, who was celebrating his
golden wedding anniversary, suddenly
dropped dead between five and six o.
clock yesterday afternoon at his sons
home, 8148 Champlain avenue, Chicago.
A feast had been prepared for the
family and some dear old friends, and
the tables had been set and the cloths
laid. The arrangements had been made
by the six children of the golden we'd
ding couple and they were putting the
final touches to the banquet tables,
when a guest, who had not been in
vited and whose presence was unwel-
come, stalked in, the reaper Death, who
summoned the bridegroom of fifty
years before the feast began.
Ring the Merry Wedding Bells!
Fifty years ago, on October 70, 1871,
Hans c. Jorgensen and Miss Amelia
Jensen, sister of Andrew and Anthony
Jensen of Kenosha, were married at
house on 38th street and Dearborn
street, which had escaped the flames
of the Chicago fire. The marriage IL
cense had been procured on October
9, 1871, and the marriage was to have
taken place that day, but the breaking
forth of the great fire on that day
postponed the wedding ceremony.
Yesterday happy reunion of the
family and gathering of all the old
friends was planned. The celebration
took place at the home of Peter Jor-
gensen, son Of the couple, and at
noon the golden wedding pair were
conveyed from their own home to their
sons home on Champlain avenue.
KenOshans Present at Feast
Among those present were the six
children, Peter, Tilly, Andrew, Mary,
Henry and Charles; the brothers of
Mrs. Hans Jorgensen and their wives,
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Jensen, 461 Pom
eroy street, and Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony
Jensen, 453 Wisconsin street, Kenosha,
and Mrs. Andrew Jensen's brothers,
Alfred Krogh, with Mrs. Krogh, and
William and Gustave Krogh, all of Ke-
nosha.
In the afternoon the Valkyrie lodge,
to which Mrs. Jorgensen for many
years has been a member, surprised
the golden wedding pair at their sons
home. The house was filled with fest
ivity in the midst of which Mr.. Jorgen-
sen, one of the two guests of honor,
became indisposed. While the merry
makers played cards below he withdrew
to one Of the bedrooms upstairs. Later,
however, he rallied, and seemed to
share the gaiety of the occasion.
RejOices Over Event With Wife.
~ am glad to have lived to see this
day, Amelia" he said, at one moment
to his wife. '"Now if I should be called,
I would face my Maker cheerfully"
"You will live to see many more"
the bride of fifty years assured her
husband.
For some time Hans Jorgensen had
feared, as he told his Kenosha kin, that
life might be snapped off before he
could celebrate the high tide of their
marriage with his wife and children.
But the hour Of the fftieth anniver-
sary-the Jorgensens were married at
one o'clock on the afternoon of October
IL, 1871-passed by successfully. Mr..
Jorgensen had met it hand in hand
with his wife, and surrounded by all
the loved offspring of their union.
Toll the Funeral Bells!
The Jorgensen children, all of whom
are grown, had presented the couple
with framed photograph of the house
on Dearborn street which had stood up
against the devastating flames of the
Chicago fire and in which they were
married.
Downstairs the tables were spread
and waiting. The strains of the wed
ding march were heard, and the golden
wedding couple were asked to come
down stairs to view the arrangements
Mr.. Jorgensen was leaning back on his
couch looking at the photograph which
the children had given him. He ling
cred over the details within the frame.
while the others waited. He pointed
to window in the picture.
"Just think mother" he said to his
wife, gin that very room, fifty years
ago
He never finished the sentence. The
"unbidden guest" had entered and
beckoned with the inevitable gesture
of summons which none may disre-
gard Mr.. Jorgensen fell back against
the cushions. He was dead.
KenOsha Relatives Remain.
Andrew Jensen, and his brother re-
manned but Mrs. Andrew Jensen and
her brothers returned to Kenosha this
morning. All of the Kenosha guests
who attended the golden wedding yes
terday will attend the funeral of Hans
Jorgensen, which will be held from his
son Peters home at 8148 Champlain
avenue, the house in which he cele-
brated his golden wedding, on Satur-
day, October Is. Interment will take
place in lakewood Gem etery.
ator Penrose and Governor Sproul, at
tnded the services and delegation of