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Subject: [IACLAYTO-L] [Clayton Obituaries:] LARS H. WIKAN
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 00:04:32 -0600

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MESSAGE: (#48227) LARS H. WIKAN

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AUTHOR: SHARON PRATT
DATE: 3/19/2004 at 00:04:32

Surnames: WIKAN,CHRISTIANSON,JOHNSON

ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH, ONE OF HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP'S PROSPEROUS FARMERS, LARS
H. WIKAN WAS LAID TO REST. THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD FROM THE HOME OF
MRS. JOHN H. JOHNSON, A SISTER OF THE DECEASED. INTERMENT WAS MADE AT MARION
LUTHERAN CEMETERY, GUNDER, IOWA, WITH REV. H. HJOITHOLM OFFICIATING. LARS
WIKAN WAS BORN IN CLAYTON COUNTY, IOWA, DECEMBER 17, 1876. HE WAS BAPTIZED BY
REV. O. WALDELAND AND CONFIRMED BY REV. GJERSTAD. MR WIKAN HAD A VERY QUIET
DISPOSITION. HE WAS AN INDUSTRIOUS YOUNG MAN AND WAS RESPECTED BY ALL WHO KNEW
HIM. HE WAS THE SON OF MR. AND MRS. HALVOR H. WIKAN, BOTH OF WHOM DIED A
NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER, LARS TOOK CHARGE OF THE
HOME PLACE. A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR AGO HE BEGAN TO FAIL IN HEALTH AND LAST
JANUARY HE WENT TO A HOSPITAL IN LaCrosse, WISCONSIN, WHERE HE SUBMITTED TO AN
OPERATION WHICH WAS SUCCESSFUL AND HE WAS ABOUT TO RETURN TO HIS HOME, WHEN HE
WAS TAKEN WITH THE "FLU." HE SUFFERED ABOUT ONE WEEK, AND DIED FEBRUARY 24,
1920, AT THE AGE OF 43 YEARS. HE LEAVES ONE BROTHER, HALVOR H., OF ELKADER,
AND TWO SISTERS, MRS. C.O. CHRISTIANSON AND MRS. JOHN H. JOHNSON OF HIGHLAND,
AND MANY FRIENDS WHO MOURN HIS DEPARTURE FROM THIS LIFE. THEIR COMFORT IN THE
HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE. ****ELKADER NEWSPAPER, CIRCA 1920 (FROM FAMILY
FILES)****

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