Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-10-16 | Page 2 | Mrs. E. T. Barton Dies in Salt Lake

MRS. E. T. BARTON DIES IN SALT LAKE SALT LAKE, OcL 16. Mrs. E. T. Barton, wife of Lieutenant E. T. Barton Bar-ton of Camp Fremont, Cal., died of Spanish influenza in Salt Lake yesterday. yester-day. Her husband heard of her Illness and then her death, but was powerless to come to her side because he too had contracted the disease. Mrs. Barton visited her husband at tho camp in California and a week ago he accompanied her on her return to Salt Lake. He went back to duty at once. Mrs. Barton fell sick with Spanish Span-ish influenza shortly after his departure. depar-ture. The lieutenant was notified but word was received that he had also contracted the disease and was seriously se-riously ill. Lieutenant Barton entered the camp in September and was commissioned com-missioned November 27, 1017. The lieutenant can not attend the funeral, fu-neral, -which is to take placo at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Barton Bar-ton was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Abbott, 169 B street. She was married to Lieutenant Barton in Salt Lake in 1916.