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Show Centerfield Boy Called to Reward Henry Heber Jensen, one of Ccr- terfield's prominent young men, and who was stricken with an attack of appendicitis some three weeks ago i at his home, died at the hospital in Salina last Sunday morning at shoil-ly shoil-ly after three o'clock. The young man made a most gallant fight for life and everything possible was done to overcome the dread malady, but without avail and the hero passed to the world beyond, his mother and two sisters being at the bedside when the end came. lleber, as he was familiarly known to his many friends, was stricken with appendicitis some three weeks ago. The attack was not regarded as serious at the time. However, complications set in and medical aid was summoned. An examination showed that the appendix had broken brok-en and that peritonitis had set in. Immediately Heber was rushed to the Salina hospital where an operation was performed. Little hope war, held for the young man's recoveiy, due to the fact that adnvanced stage of the poisoning. Every medical attention at-tention was given and for a time the attending physicians and nurses were encouraged. Last Sunday there was a change for the worse and Heber pased into an unconscious state, remaining re-maining so until death. Heber Jensen was born in Center- . field in September, 1900. In his boyhood boy-hood days he became a member of the L. D. S. church and took an active part in church work while at home with his mother. He graduated from the public schools and later started a course in the high school. In 1917, when the call for volunteers came, Heber was among tne first to offer his services. He enlisted at Salt Lake and soon after was sent to the Phillipine Islands, where he served faithfully and efficiently in the medical medi-cal corps of his regiment. He remained re-mained in the Island until after the armistice was signed, coming back to America some five months later.: For the past two years he devoted his time to chemistry and acted as assistant chemist in the laboratories at the sugar factory at Centerfield. In this work, like all other business, he was efficient and won honors f jr his achievements. Surviving the deceased are the widowed mother, Mrs. Jens Jensen and two sisters, Miss Ruby Jensen, teacher at the Gunnison Valley hytYi school, and Mrs. Ruby Thede. Besides Be-sides the grief stricken mother and sisters, Heber Jensen had hosts (jf warm friends and relatives and all will grieve at the untimely calling. Funeral services were held this afternoon af-ternoon at 1 o'clock from the Center-field Center-field meeting house. |
