Lillian Jung

JUNG

Posted By: Deborah
Date: 11/2/2005 at 00:47:24

Iowa Recorder, The (Greene, Iowa) > 1921 > February > 16

Miss Lillian Jung, aged 18 years, 6 months and 16 days died at the home of her parents, Mr.and Mrs. John Jung, 3 and one-half miles northwest of town, about noon Thursday, Feb. 10, 1921. Funeral services at the home at 10:30 Tuesday by Rev. Baker of Greene and interment at Charles City. She was an only daughter, and besides her parents leaves a married brother, who lives on the Chas. Ransom farm and a younger brother at home. The cause of her death was typhoid contracted while in Waterloo.

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From the same Newspaper on the same date

LILLIAN JUNG

Lillian Pearl Jung, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.G. Jung was born at Charles City on May 25, 1902 and died at her home near Clarksville on Saturday, February 12, 1921, at the age of 18 years, 9 monhs, and 17 days.

Her early years were spend in or near Charles City where she attend school and enjoyed life in the family circle of her own home. In 1917 she came with her parents to Greene where she entered the public school graduating with the class of 1920.

She was a girl of quiet beauty in character. Her Christian ideals were shown in her faithful attendance at the Methodist Sunday School in Greene.

Several weeks ago she went to Waterloo where she contracted an illness that proved to be typhid fever which later developed into typhoid pneumonia, causing her death.

Brief services were held at the home at 10 o'clock, Tuesday morning. The body was then taken to Charles City where services were held at the home of an aunt, Mrs. N.C. Peterson. They were in charge of Rev. E.A. Baker of Greene. Intermant was made at the Riverside cemetery in Charles City.

She is survived by her parents and two brothers, Ernest and Harold and a host of relatives.

Personal Note: I am not related to this family or researching this line. I did notice the conflicting information but this is typed as it appeared in the newspaper