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Show Fred Ludvigson Called Suddenly Foedriek Henry Ludvigson, -13, and a native of Gunnison, passed away at the home of his brother., L. Ludvigson, Ludvig-son, in this city last. Saturday morning morn-ing shortly after ten o'clock. Death was very sudden and with the announcement an-nouncement of his passing his hosts' of friends wore greatly shocked. Mr. Ludvigson, after an absence of se -oral yars, upturned to Gunnison soma four weeks, ago and was a sufferer from degeneration of heart tissues, caused from a severe case of influenza influen-za contracted last January. Although a sick man, he was able to be up and about the home. Saturday mo. ni:ig after his breakfast he walked out, later returning to his room. Aftr-r shaving he sat dawn and1 was stricken. strick-en. He was tenderly carried to a bed, but only lingered a few minutes and was dead befoue medical aid arrived. ar-rived. Fred, as he was affectionately known to his hosts of friends, was born in Gunnison, June 11th, 1S81. He spent his boyhood days here., working at various occupations. Some eight years ago he left for the west and followed mining and stationary sta-tionary engineering work. He later went to the ccfast and located at Srn Fnaneisco. For the past three years he was employed in one of the large hospitals at San Francisco, being first assistant chef. When he was stricken with influenza last January Jan-uary he was forced to give up his work and remained on the coast in the hopes of regaining his health. At the solicitation of friends he came to his home here with the hopes of recuperating re-cuperating his health. The disease, however, was deep seated and he answered an-swered the final call. Solemn . and impressive funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon from the Gunnison Valley high school and a large number of friends gathered gath-ered to pay the lastl sad tribute, Bishop Bish-op Leslie Kidman officiated at the services and the speakers were C. M. Edwards and Arthur Larson. Both speakers were intimately acquainted with the man who has answered the call, and the life and splendid traits were eulogized. In addition to the splendid addresses, a quartet gave two selections and E. L. Swalberg sang a solo while Gilbert Childs impressively im-pressively gave a violin selection. Invocation In-vocation was offered by Mayor Christiansen and benediction by A. E. Park. Following the ceremonies at the high school the body was taken to the city cemetery where it was consigned con-signed to its final resting place. The pall bearers were C. B. Car!", George Francis, Niel Sorenson, A. M. Christensen, Christ-ensen, T. M. Keams and Leo Gledhill. A profusion 'of beautiful flowers . were given by friends and relatives and the grave was banked high with 'the tribute of love and respect. |