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Show Sugar House Police Chief Succumbs Lt. Charles J. Larson, 48, able and popular head of the Sugar House police substation, died Thursday morning in a Salt Lake hospital. H- had been suffering for some months from .a heart condition and high blood pressure. In a statement Thursday morning Salt Lake police department de-partment chief, L. C. Crowther described Lt. Larson as "one of the most outstanding officers on the Salt Lake City police force. He was loyal to his department, de-partment, sincere in his work and had never been known to shirk his duties. His loss will be deeply felt by all of his' associates." as-sociates." 24 Years' Service Lt. Larson was a police officer offi-cer for 24 years, serving for two years as a deputy sheriff of Salt Lake County. In March of 1929 he joined the city police force and served with them continuously con-tinuously until the time of his death. For a number of years he served as a motorcycle officer. offi-cer. Nine years ago he was appointed ap-pointed motorcycle police sergeant. ser-geant. In 1942 Lt. Larson was made detective sergeant in charge of radio patrol and traffic (one shift). The late Reed Vetterli, former police chief, appointed Mr. Larson police lieutenant five years ago. To Sugar House 1944 Feb. 1, 1944, Lt. Larson was made commanding officer of the Sugar House substation. Since he took over, the force has grown from three part-time officers of-ficers to a complement of approximately ap-proximately 15 men. Charles J. Larson was born in Salt Lake Feb. 13, 1901, the son of the late Charles A. Larson and Letitia B. Larson who resides re-sides in Los Angeles. In 1921 he married Edna Jensen. ,They were later divorced. In 1935 he married Louise Degenhart. She survives. They resided at 2935 South 9th East. A prominent musician in his youth, Lt. Larson was a well-known well-known organist at the time of his death. lie was organist and officer of Benevolent and Protective Pro-tective Order of Elks, Iodge 85. Besides his widow and mother, moth-er, two children survive, Mrs. Gordon Ellis and Mrs. John Ellis of Farmington. |
