Iowa Old Press

The Le Mars Semi-Weekly
Friday, August 24, 1923
FIRST BORN IS NOW TAKEN
Follows Father and Mother to grave within a week

Wednesday, August 15, Mrs. Henry Klave, living six miles south of Neptune, died at a local hospital. Her husband died on Sunday at the farm home and on Tuesday John Klave, eldest son of the family, died. The deaths of the father and son were due to virulent typhoid fever.

Florence, the youngest daughter of the family, is in a critical condition in an isolation ward at a local hospital suffering from the same malignant disease. Three sons of the family are ill with typhyoid fever, Alexander Klave and ______ home farm, where two physicians are in attendance together with two nurses and it is problematic whether their recoveries are assured. One son, Henry Klave, was killed while serving in France during the World War.

John Klave was the eldest son of the family and was born and raised in this county, where the thirty years of his life were passed.

The funeral of the father and son was held on Wednesday afternoon. Rev. J. J. Vollmar, of Le Mars, and Rev. J. D. Meyer, of Christ church. Mammen, officiating and the interment made in the Grand township cemetery , where the mother was laid to rest a few days previously.

FOURTH VICTIM OF SCOURGE
Other members of Family still battling for life

Another member of the Klave family which has been devastated the past two weeks by the ravages of typhoid fever, succumbed on Wednesday to the disease. This is the fourth death in the family since August 15 and members of the family are still suffering from illness and are not out of danger.

The mother, Mrs. Henry Klave, died of Bright's disease at a local hospital here on August 15. The father Henry Klave, died at his farm, six miles south of Neptune, on August 19, and the eldest son, John died on August 21. He and his father were buried together.

Adolph Klave died on Wednesday from typhoid fever, after fighting the disease for some weeks. His death took place at the farm where two brothers are battling for life stricken with the same malady. A sister, Florence, a young woman, is in an isolation ward at a hospital here, as are three children of Fred Klave, a brother, who resides in this city.

Adolph Klave was twenty-one years old in June. He had lived all his life in this county and helped his parents farm. He is survived by three brothers and three sisters, Fred, Otto and Klay Klave, Mrs. Gus Mai, and Florence Klave of this vicinity, and Mrs. John Parks, of Leeds.

The funeral services were held yesterday at Grant township cemetery, Rev. J. D. Meyer, officiating.

AGED PIONEER DIES
Mrs. Mary Britton Was Resident of Seney for Many Years

     Word was received yesterday of the death of Mrs. Mary Britton, aged
83 years, which occurred at the home of her son, Orrie Britton, of
Tyndall, S. D., of heart failure.  The remains will be brought here for
burial and the funeral held on Saturday.  Mrs. Britton was a pioneer
resident of Seney.


From the LeMars Sentinel, Tuesday, August 28, 1923, Page 1, Column 5:

OLD SETTLER IS DEAD
HAD LIVED IN IOWA FOR NEARLY FIFTY YEARS
DECEASED WAS NATIVE OF NEW YORK
Mrs. Mary Britton Was a Resident of Seney Vicinity for Many Years
Leaves Four Children and Numerous Grandchildren

     Mrs. Mary Britton, one of the early pioneers of Plymouth county,
died at the home of her son, O. L. Britton, of Tyndall, S. D., on
Wednesday, August 22 at the age of 84 years, 5 months and 3 days.  Death
was due to heart trouble and old age.
     Mary Pangburn was born in McGravel, Courtland county, New York
state on March 19, 1839, where she attended school and grew to young
womanhood.
     She was united in marriage on September 20, 1857, with Lyman
Britton.  Five children were born to this union, one died in infancy.
She leaves two sons and two daughters, who are Mrs. Alice Jackson, of
LeMars, O. L. Britton, Tyndall, S. D., H. L. Britton, Spencer, Iowa,
Mrs. Lizzie Randolph, Garretson, S. D.  There are twenty-two
grandchildren and thirty-one great grandchildren.
     Mr. and Mrs. Britton were early settlers in Iowa, coming to the
state in 1875.  They settled in Seney in 1886.  Her husband preceded her
in death twelve years ago, dying on April 24, 1911, at the age of 78
years.
     For the past three or four years Mrs. Britton had made her home
with her son, Harry Britton, at Spencer, Iowa.
     Mrs. Britton was a devoted wife and mother, a good neighbor and
loyal friend and lived a consistent Christian life.  She joined the
Methodist church at the age of sixteen years.
     The funeral was held on Saturday at the First Methodist church, the
services being conducted by Rev. S. J. Wallace of the Seney church.


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