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Show John E. Larsen Is Called to Reward Following a severe illness lasting but three weeks, John E. Larsen, well known farmer and church worker, work-er, died at the family home in the southeastern part of the valley Tuesday Tues-day morning at 5 o'clock. Mr. Larsen had been ill more or less for the past year, a siifferer of chronic stomach trouble. Some three weeks ago he was forced to his bed, remaining there until un-til death relieved his suffering. Members Mem-bers of the family, realizing death was near, were at the bedside when the end came. Mr. Larsen was born at Rensbo, Hedemora, Sweden, September 5, 1870, and was the son of Erick and Anna Stena Anderson Larsen. At the age of six years, he came to America with his parents. The family located at Salina with the early pioneers. About a year later they moved to Gunnison, where Mr. Larsen had made his home, excepting for fifteen years which he spent at Salt Lake. He was married to Sarah N. Olsen in 1893, at the Manti temple. The living liv-ing survivors are the widow, Sarah Olsen Larsen, two sons, Leon of Gunnison Gun-nison and Glendale of Spokane, Wash., a sister, Mrs. Hannah Childs of Gunnison, and four grandchildren. The son from Washington came to Gunnison about a week before his father fa-ther died. Mr. Larsen, in addition to being vice-president and a director in the Highland Irrigation company at the time of his death, had been an active church worker. He was first counsellor counsel-lor to the president of the high priest quorum of the Gunnison stake, president presi-dent of the Y. M. M. I. A., and a teacher in the Hamilton ward Sunday school. Services will be held this, Thursday, Thurs-day, afternoon from the Gunnison Valley high school auditorium, with Bishop Jos. A. Larson in charge. The body will lie in slate at the auditorium auditor-ium from 12 o'clock noon until 1:30, and friends may view the body there. Burial will be at the Gunnison City cemetery. |