Klave, John 1893-1923

KLAVE, KLEWE, KLEVE, JOHNSON, JANSSEN

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Date: 3/1/2011 at 08:55:37

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
8-24-1923

FIRST BORN IS NOW TAKEN
FOLLOWS FATHER AND MOTHER
TO GRAVE WITHIN A WEEK

Wednesday, August 15, Mrs. Henry Klave, living 6 miles west of Neptune, died at a local hospital. Her husband died Sunday at the farm home and on Tuesday John Klave, eldest son of the family, died. The deaths of the father and son were due to virulent typhoid fever.

Florence, the youngest daughter of the family, is in a critical condition in an isolation ward at a local hospital suffering from the same malignant disease. Three sons of the family are ill with typhoid fever Alexander [rest of line is unreadable] --
where two physicians are in attendance together and two nurses and it is problematic whether their recoveries are assured. One son, Henry
Klave, was killed while serving in France during the World war.

John Klave was the eldest son of the family and was born and raised in this county, where the thirty years of his life were passed.

The funeral of the father and son was held on Wednesday afternoon. Rev. J. J. Vollmar, of Le Mars, and Rev. J. D. Meyer, of Christ church, Mammen, officiating and the interment made in the Grant township cemetery, where the mother was laid to rest a few days previously.
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The Sioux City Journal, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 1923

TYPHOID TAKES IOWA FAMILY.
Seven Others Critically Ill Now with Dreaded Malady.

Death is stalking in the family of Henry Klewe whose farm home is located 11 miles east of Leeds and seven miles north of Lawton.

During the past month three members of the family have died and at present seven other members are critically ill.

Black Typhoid Fever, in its most deadly form, is the cause for the terrible tragedy which has befallen the family.

The first member of the family to die was Mrs. Klewe, the mother. She was taken ill July 24 and passed away two weeks later.

A week later the father died following an illness of only six days. The next day called the eldest son, John, who had been ill two weeks.

Since that time the remaining members of the family all have been confined to their beds with the malady and are reported in critical condition.

They are:
Adolph, Alec and Clay, sons who are ill at the family home.

Florence, a daughter, and Vernon and Irene, grandchildren, who are receiving treatment at a LeMars hospital.

A tenth member of the family, Mrs. Leo Parks, a daughter, is being treated at the state university clinic at Iowa City. It was Mrs. Parks who was first taken ill when she visited in the parental home about the middle of July.

Water used on the farm has been sent to the state university for examination to determine the origin of the epidemic.

The victims of the malady are being attended by Dr. A. C. McPhaden, of LeMars, assisted by Dr. J. N. Fetters and Dr. Wm. Larson.

The Klewe family occupied a well kept farm home in a good agricultural region. Henry Klewe, the father, was well-to-do and active in community affairs. They had resided on the farm for 5 years.
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The Sioux City Journal, Sunday, Sept. 2, 1923

TYPHOID CLAIMS 4TH IN FAMILY.
Dread Disease Has Spread to 12 Relatives of the Dead.

Typhoid fever, which is raging in epidemic form a short distance northeast of Sioux City, has claimed another victim, bringing the total number of dead to four. Twelve other members of the same family are ill with the dreaded malady, seven of them critically.

The last person to die from typhoid is Adolph Klewe, a son of Henry Klewe, who died last week. The other dead are Mrs. Henry Klewe and John Klewe, another son.

The mother died on August 15, the father on August 19 and John on August 21. Adolph died August 29.

Alec and Clay, two other sons, have been suffering from the disease for several weeks and are seriously ill, as are Florence Klewe and Mrs. Leo Parks, daughters.

The latest to become victims of the malady are the five children of Fred Klewe, a son, and three of their playmates.

Irene, the 10-year-old grandchild, is reported to be dying. She was taken to a LeMars hospital a week ago and Friday suffered a relapse. The other children are: Marvin, aged 8; Anita, aged 5; Lawrence, aged 7; and Vernon, aged 12.

The nurses and three physicians under the direction of Dr. McPhaden, are in constant attendance on the patients.
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