Show eureka man alan passes away in missouri i word was received ahre on tuesday announcing the death of ferd christensen at savannah mo mr air christensen left eureka nearly a year ago going to chicago where hem he w as operated upon for cancer at the pres by terian hospital after leavin the tye hospital he went to live with his brother at savannah mo and it was there that his death occurred this w u eek it prom from reports which were received here from time to time mr christen sen s friends were of the tle opinion that he would recover and the news that he had died came as a surprise to his host of acquaintances ferdinand christensen waa wag born in germany in 1860 and came to america ft hen a young man for some time he resided in kansas and missouri and in the former state joined omed star lodge no 69 free and accepted W A 41 FERD christensen CHHIST ENSEN masons he ile came to eureka in 1891 and the following year transferred his in to tintic gintic lodge no 9 of eureka he lie mas was a r of this lodge at the time of his hig death during the entire time that mr christensen resided in this city covering a period of over fifteen years he be was wa mana manager ger of the dry goods department of the tintic gintic mercantile store and had a reputation of being one of the most capable men in this particular line in the entire state he ila was interested in mining affairs and at the time of his death owned considerable stock in tintic gintic properties his most valuable holdi holdings ar in the colorado mine the fun funeral ral geri nerices ices will no doubt be conduct d at savannah Sa annah mo un der the direction of the masonic fraternity |