Winnebago County Physicians
World War I



Kaasa, Lawrence J., Captain, Lake Mills

  • 1915 Iowa State census:
    Winnebago co. Lake Mills
    Occupation: Doctor
    Age: 35
    Born in Iowa
    Married
    Church: Lutheran

  • 1920 US census, Winnebago co., Center twp., Lake Mills
    Larence, age 39, born in Iowa, parents born in Norway, occupation: Practicing doctor, Allopathist
    Julia, wife, age 37, born in Iowa, parents born in Norway
    Lewin (or Loren), son, age 4 years 4 months, born in Winnebago co. Iowa

  • 1930 US census, Minnesota, Freeborn co., Albert Lea, Ward 6, Joseph street:
    L.J. Kassa, age 50, born in Iowa, parents born in Norway, occupation: Physician & Surgeon, Medical Clinic, served in World War
    Julia, wife, age 35, born in Iowa, parents born in Norway
    Loren, son, age 14, born in Iowa
    Herbert, son, age 10, born in Iowa
    Florence, daughter, age 4, born in Minnesota

  • Minnesota Death Index (Ancestry.com record)
    Birth date: Feb 22, 1880
    Death date: Feb 22, 1966 in Freeborn co. MN
    Mother's name: Espeseth



Lucase, Thomas, Captain, Forest City

  • Can anyone ID this physician further?


~souce: History of Medicine in Iowa, by D.S. Fairchild, M.D., F.A.C.S., Clinton; Second Section: The Iowa Profession in the Great War; Part IV - List of Iowa Physicians who have been Recommended by the Surgeon General for Commissions in the Medical Officers Reserve Corps and Assigned to Duty; pg 1-95; Reprinted from The Journal of the Iowa State Medical Society, 1927
~additional information added from US & Iowa census records and other records by the contributor
~contributed by Sharyl Ferrall

The entire list of Iowa Physicians can be found on the 'Iowa in the Great War' website.

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