Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-21 | Page 11 | Brigham Woman Dies in Wyoming

BRIGHAM WOMAN DIES IN WYOMING Special to The Tribune. BRIGHAM CITY. Nov. 20. Mrs. Thomas Thom-as W. Whitaker died yesterday morning at Green River, Wyo., of tlie Spanish Influenza In-fluenza and pneumonia, after only a few days' illness. ,Mrs. Whitaker was called to Wyoming to attend her husband, who was there doing carpenter work, and was ill with the same disease, and contracted the contagion. Mrs. Whitaker was formerly Miss Erma Jeppson, and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lars Jeppson of this city. She was born in Malmo, Sweden, on April S. PvS!), and emigrated to America with her parents par-ents when a young girt. She married Thomas W. Whitaker of lirigham, August fi, 11HC. She is survived by two children by a former marriage and five stepchildren, step-children, her husband, parents and several sev-eral sisters. The body arrived from Green River this a I'ternoon, anil Interment will take place In the City cemetery. Funeral arrangements arrange-ments are not announced.