TWO MORE CALLED
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YOUTHFUL SOLDIERS SUCCUMB TO INFLUENZA
ONLY A FEW WEEKS IN SERVICE
Word has been received in LeMars of the death of Lester Burrill , who
died at South Bend, Ind., on Friday of pneumonia. Lester was in
training camp at Notre Dame university. He was nineteen years of age
and was a son of Robert Burrill, a member of a well known Liberty
township family, who resides in Sioux City. Lester was born on a farm
in Johnson township. He later attended the Akron high school and
assisted his uncle, W.W. Burrill in a clothing store. He attended
Trinity College, Leeds, and was graduated from that institution last
year. He was a member of the Student Army training corps at Notre Dame
university. While attending school young Burrill was one of the most
popular boys among his associates and took a prominent part in school
circles.
He is survived by his father, Robert Burrill, of Sioux City, two
brothers and two sisters, who are Clarence, of Omaha, Neb.; Percy of
Massilion, Ohio; Stella, living in LeMars and Rosalie, who lives in
Merrill. His mother died thirteen years ago.
The body will be shipped here for burial. Funeral arrangements have not
yet been completed as relatives have not been notified as to when the
remains will arrive.
-source: LeMars Sentinel Newspaper, LeMars,
Plymouth Co., Iowa; 22 October
1918
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