Yander, 3-Year Old Son (Died 1906)

YANDER

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, Volunteer (email)
Date: 8/24/2010 at 13:57:49

LeMars Globe-Post
March 28, 1906

CHILD DIES AFTER OPERATION

The three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Yander, who was taken to the hospital at Sioux City last week to have an operation performed to relieve it from its sufferings which resulted from drinking a quantity of lye about four months ago, died after the operation on Thursday. The remains were taken to the home of the distracted parents on Friday evening and the funeral was held from St. Catharine’s church on Sunday.

The lye had completely destroyed the lining of its throat and for nearly four months the little one had been unable to partake of solid food and it was with difficulty that he could swallow liquid. He had become greatly emaciated and did not have the strength to withstand the shock of the operation. It had been the intention of the surgeons at the hospital to defer the operation for about two weeks and in the meantime build him up on nourishing food, but it was found that he was failing so rapidly that it was imperative that the operation be performed at once. It was intended to open the stomach and insert a tube through which nourishment could be taken as the throat had almost completely closed by a foreign growth occasioned by the burning lye.

The bereaved parents have the sympathy of all in their great sorrow.