Who We Lost: Part 69

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These are names of Samoan members mentioned in a 1918 letter of missionary Ray G. Wood as having died of influenza. “We have lost nearly all our older men and women.”

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Ernst Otto Szedlak, 32, Salt Lake City; butcher. Native of Germany; husband of an LDS wife. Died of pneumonia following influenza 19 Nov 1918. Survived by wife Hansena Olsen, 2-month-old daughter Thelma, one son by previous marriage.

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Lavinna Applegate Reynolds, 38, Circleville, Utah. Baptized 1888; married in Manti Temple 1909. Died of influenza 19 Nov 1918. Survived by husband John, four sons.

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Gerald Rhupert Beck, 19, Axtell, Utah; student. Baptized 1909; sealed to parents in Manti Temple 1916. Died of influenza 1 Nov 1918; buried at Centerfield, Utah. Survived by mother and two sisters.

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Edna Graves Cole, 39, Goshen, Utah. Born to early Utah County LDS settlers. Died of influenza 1 November 1918. Survived by husband Benjamin and four children.

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Franklin Rawson Tanner, 24, Mt. Pleasant, Utah; dentist. Northern States missionary 1913-14. Diplomate Chicago College of Dentistry. 1st lieutenant U.S. Dental Reserve Corps. Died of influenza 7 Nov 1918; buried Payson, Utah. Survived by wife Edna, 2 children.

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Urania Jones Foster, 26, Cedar City. Baptized 1900; married in St. George Temple 12 Sep 1918. Died of influenza 1 Nov 1918. Survived by husband George and daughter from previous marriage.

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Willard German Tanner, 21, Lyman, Wyoming; farmer. Baptized 1905. Died of influenza 23 Oct 1918 at the home of an uncle; buried at Payson, Utah. Survived by five siblings (but brother Franklin died 1 Nov of influenza)

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Florence Sandback Goates, 24, Lehi, Utah; telephone operator. Married to LDS husband. Died of influenza 1 Nov 1918. Survived by husband Floyd, married less than 6 months earlier.

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Mary Lucinda Hoskins, 8, Portage, Utah. Baptized 6 Jul 1918, died of influenza 1 Nov 1918. Survived by parents and four siblings.

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Howard Zeen Hardy, 31, Spanish Fork, Utah; laborer. Baptized 1900. Died of pneumonia following influenza at the home of his sister Sarah 1 Nov 1918; buried at Provo, Utah. Survived by nine siblings.

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Sarah Anderson Poulsen, 37, Ephraim. Baptized 1890; married in Manti Temple 1902. Died of influenza 22 Jan 1919. Survived by husband, young daughter Mabel. Red Cross worker; church worker. Mother and two brothers died during the same influenza season.

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2 thoughts on “Who We Lost: Part 69”

  1. I’m so glad whenever someone claims a relative here. It’s like they’re still part of our world.

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