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Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-12-07 | Page 7 | Frank A. Isakson is Paid a Tribute

Type issue
Date 1918-12-07
Paper Ogden Daily Standard
Language eng
City Ogden
County Weber
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Article Title Frank A. Isakson is Paid a Tribute
Type article
Date 1918-12-07
Paper Ogden Daily Standard
Language eng
City Ogden
County Weber
Page 7
OCR Text FRAI A. ISAKSOI IS PAID J TRIBUTE Mrs. Ellen Isakson, mother of Frank Isakson, former Ogden boy who paid the supreme sacrifice ovor there, has received the following Jotter of condolence condol-ence from Chaplain Brigham Roberts, of the 145th Fiald Artillery, of which young Isakson was a member; "I am assuming that yourself and husband have been officially notified by telegram of tho death of your son. I am writing to express a world of sympathy in this your hour of sacrifice sacri-fice and trial. I can assure you that your son at our camp hospital received all the attention and help that skilled physicians and trained nursing could give him. 1 visited him a number of times during his illness and administered admin-istered to him the ordinance for tho sick; but our faith could not provall and ho died of bronchial pneumonia following an attack of Spanish influ-1 enza. His death occurred Oct. 23 and ho was burled the following day. . Under army regulations I may not give you tho number of his gravo or( the place of his burial but this infor-1 matlon Is duo form was sent by me to ; tho Central Records Office, A. E. F.,, France, from which source you may get i it after the war. "I enclose a typewritten statement from Frank's battery, "Battery B," which shows his standing in that organization or-ganization and which I hopo will give you pleasure. "I sympathize with .you and' your husband in tho bereavement which has como to you; but ut tho same time I congratulate you on the great honor that has come to you in making so great a sacrifice in the interest of our country and tho cause of humanity, and pray that God will give you grace, to bear this burden of sacrifice and keep in your mind the great truth and comforting reflection that the cause In ' which Frank died was worthy of him." The following is the eulogy written by his company, In praise of Frank Isakson: "Frank A. Isakson was one of the ' first members of Troop K, 1st Utah j cavalry, later changed to tho 145tlj artillery. Ho entered the service on tho third day of February, 1918 and from the start found numerous friends in tho army. He possessed those qualities qual-ities of good rich manhood which go to make good honest whole hearted soldiers. Ho was in the game for all ( there was in it, always willing to do , what duty called him to perform. He ' was picked by his commanding officer ' to be a machine gunner in the bat- 1 tery and was attending the machine : gun school up to the timo of his Illness. Ill-ness. His disposition was none "short of beautiful, congeniality and helpfulness helpful-ness always existed between him and his comrades."
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