Budd, Harold (Frederick Harold), 1921-1936

BUDD, THOMAS

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Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:37

From the Sioux County Capital, July 30, 1936:

Hospers Youth Dies

Frederick Harold Budd, 15 year old son of Rev. and Mrs. R. B. Budd died at the St. Joseph’s hospital in Sioux City at 6:45 Monday evening, July 20th after being sick for three weeks, he had an abscess in his head.

He was born March 3, 1921 in Valley, Nebr. and attended the Hospers grade school and high school for one year. He is survived by his parents and two sisters, Hortense and Effie Ruth of Hospers and three brothers, Frank of Hospers and John and Robert of Sioux City.

Funeral services were held at 1:00 o’clock Thursday at the First Presbyterian church with Rev. A. C. Grafton officiating. Interment was in the Graceland cemetery at Sioux City. Pallbearers were John Wiese, Jr., Logan Jarman, Bert Vander Weird, Bob Boersma, Warden Hulst and Raymond Goedhart.

Those who attended the funeral from out of town were Mrs. Iral Brown from Chicago, Misses Julia and Sara Dyke from Minneapolis, Minn., Prof. and Mrs. R. M. Wood from Stuart, Ia., Mr. and Mrs. Henry Galbreth of Mason City and Donald Smith from Eldora, Ia., Mrs. Etta M. Thomas and son Robert, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thomas, Mrs. John Sordrager and daughter Donna Mae Hammer, Mrs. James Warden and children and Miss Mary Jane Thomas all from Sioux City, Ia. Relatives of Mrs. Budd from Springfield, S.D. also attended the funeral.

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From the Alton Democrat, July 31, 1936, Hospers news:

HAROLD BUDD PASSES AWAY

Harold Budd, son of Rev. and Mrs. R. B. Budd, died at the St. Josephs hospital on Monday at 6:45. Harold was 15 years, 4 months and 17 days old at the time of his death. He was born March 3, 1921 at Valley, Nebr. He was 6 years old when he arrived in this city.

Harold was taken seriously ill a few weeks ago and was immediately taken to the St. Joseph’s hospital where an operation was performed on the 1st of July which showed a serious case of sinus infection. He lived in a state of coma practically on the time until his first blood transfusion. This gave him immediate strength. During his entire illness chances of recovery seemed greatest during the three days following this transfusion. Difficulty of supplying him with nourishment again forced him into a delirium. A second blood transfusion was given but to no avail.

He was active in school and outdoor life. He is survived by his parents and three[?] brothers, John, Wilfred, Robert and Frank and two sisters, Hortense and Effie Ruth.

Funeral services were held at 1:00 o’clock at the home and 1:30 o’clock at the Presbyterian church on Thursday, Rev. Grafton of Sanborn officiating assisted by Rev. Stegeman. Interment was made at Graceland cemetery in Sioux City at 4:00 o’clock. A short service was held at the cemetery.

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RESEARCH NOTES

His death and funeral were also covered by other area newspapers, which give his name as simply Harold Budd. Some give his third brother’s name as John, others as Wilfred. The “Hospers News” section of the Sioux Center News, July 23, adds that Jack Weise Jr. of Hospers was the blood donor for his first transfusion.

His death certificate gives his full name, Frederick Harold Budd, and adds parents Robert B. Budd, born in England, and Ruth Thomas, born in Niobrara, Nebraska; died at 6:45 p.m. July 20, 1936; causes, septicemia, onset July 2, 1936, and “sinusitis, acute, frontal and ethmoid with orbital abscess,” onset June 28, 1936; an external frontal operation was performed on July 1.

The 1930 U.S. census shows the family living in Hospers with two daughters and four sons, the sons being Wilford or Wilfred J., Robert R., Harold F., and Frank T.; also a boarder, 10-year-old Etta M. Thomas.