Who We Lost: Part 37

Mary Lou Mortensen, 16, Declo, Idaho, baptized 1914. She died of pneumonia and influenza 9 January 1919, within days of the deaths of two uncles and a cousin of the same diseases. Survived by parents and nine siblings.

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Reinder Fuit, 25, Clinton, Utah, was the son of pioneering Dutch converts and immigrants to Utah. He was baptized in 1902. He died of pneumonia after influenza 26 Dec 1918, survived by a wife who was ill but survived. He is buried at Clinton.

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Earl Cannon, 31, Panguitch, Utah, blacksmith, born to a pioneering LDS family. Died of pneumonia following influenza 30 Oct 1918, survived by wife and four children, the youngest less than a year old. (@UTDemLttrDaySnt)

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Joseph Clyde Muir, 21, Clinton, Utah, was baptized 1905 and sealed to his parents in the Salt Lake Temple 1916. He died of pneumonia while in military training at Fort Lewis, Washington; his body was returned for burial in Clinton.

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Louis Henry Webb Rowe, 23, Salt Lake City, born to an LDS mother, was attending Utah Agriculture College in Logan, Utah and working for a candy company when he reenlisted in the army as a lieutenant. He died of influenza/pneumonia at Camp Jackson, So. Carolina 3 Oct 1918.

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George Hayward Kerr, 29, Salt Lake City, a mechanic with Westinghouse Electric, baptized 1897. George died of influenza 7 Oct 1918 in a military camp at Baltimore, Maryland. Survived by parents and 3 siblings. He reported himself as married, but his wife is not in FamilySearch.

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Vermina Staley Fenn, 29, Colonia Morelos, Mexico; lived in Mexico all her life. Sealed in Salt Lake Temple 1907. Minnuie nursed her sick husband, then took influenza herself and died 18 Dec 1918; son died days later of influenza. Survived by husband and 6 children.

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Orville Moroni Fenn, 13 months, Colonia Morelos, Mexico (one of the LDS colonies). Born to parents sealed in the Salt Lake Temple before his birth. Orville died of influenza 23 Dec 1918 and was buried by his mother’s side.

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Lewis Waldmer Mortensen, Declo, Idaho, prosperous farmer, “a favorite among his neighbors,” baptized 1891. He died of influenza 12 Jan 1919, the day after his brother John died at Rupert, and the day before his son Robert died at Declo. Survived by wife and six children.

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Robert Andrew Mortensen, almost 5, Declo, Idaho, died of influenza 11 Jan 1919. His father Lewis died of influenza the next day; a special casket allowed them to be buried together, at Declo. Robert was survived by his mother and six siblings.

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Franklin George Sainsbury, 22, Fielding, Utah, born to parents sealed in the temple before his birth; baptized 1905. He died of influenza at Camp Morrison, Virginia, 2 Oct 1918. Ward and stake leaders spoke at his funeral; a choir sang “O My Father.” Survived by father, 6 siblings.

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John William Barnes, 18, Heber City, Utah, born in Scotland to parents who converted 1907; baptized 1909. He enlisted in the army as a motor mechanic. John died of influenza and pneumonia at Fort McHenry, near Baltimore, Maryland; buried at Heber City.

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