OBITUARIES:   Grace Elizabeth (Smith) LARSON, Ettrick, Trempealeau Co., WI

************************************************************************
USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE:  These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in
any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or
persons.  Persons or organizations desiring to use this material,
must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal
representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb
archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission
to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.

Submitted by Marilyn Morgan <marilynmorgan@mrmit.com>  10 March 2004
************************************************************************

Died 5 Feb. 1915 funeral 9 Feb. 1915 Unknown newspaper 

“Death Toll Continues;  Mrs. Lars P. Larson Taken

Was a citizen of Town of Ettrick Half a Century

Mrs. Lars P. Larson, one of the early settlers of the town of Ettrick, 
died last Friday evening at her home. Six weeks ago Mrs. Larson fell while 
returning from her son’s house to her home. She suffered a dislocated 
shoulder and bruises, but her condition was not considered serious. She 
failed to rally and then seemed to weaken. The end came almost without a 
warning. 

Funeral services were held Tuesday from the North Bend Presbyterian church, 
conducted by the Rev. W. H. Parri-Jones. Internment was made in the North 
Bend cemetery, where the parents of the deceased were buried many years ago.

Mrs. Larson was born in Leeds, England May 12, 1842. Her maiden name was 
Grace Elizabeth Smith. She came to this country with her parents when a 
child and the family first settled in Walworth county this state. Later 
her parents removing to Trempealeau county, buying land in the town of 
Ettrick. She was married March 16, 1871, to Lars P. Larson at Melrose, the 
Rev. Benham, one of the early Methodist pastors, performed the ceremony. 
Their home was for more than forty years in the Beaver Creek valley near 
Ettrick.

Mrs. Larson is survived by her husband and three children ---- George Larson, 
Mrs. Lud Emerson and Mrs. Staff Fillner. A brother, John Smith, lives in 
Ettrick. Another brother is in Washington.”


© All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm