Cerro Gordo County IA Archives Obituaries.....Levendusky, Iread Spray
 1939
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Globe-Globe Gazette Apr. 1939
From the Mason City (Cerro Gordo, Iowa) Globe Gazette, Monday, April 10, 1939,
p. 2, co. 5. Used by permission of acknowledgment of the Globe Gazette in all
postings:

Largest Boy Scout, Weighing 527 Pounds, Dies of Pneumonia

DUBOIS , (AP) - Sixteen year old Iread Spray Levendusky, whose 527 pounds made
him the "largest" Boy Scout in the United States, is dead, victim of pneumonia.
Iread was a normal child weighing 7 pounds at birth but a glandular disturance
pushed his weight to 35 pounds at the age of three weeks. When stricken 10 days
ago he was 5 feet 8 inches tall and 5 feet eight inches around the waist.


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