Hemmingson, Knute J. 1857-1917

HEMMINGSON, JOHNSON, VEILAND

Posted By: Marjorie Brunsting-Volunteer (email)
Date: 11/17/2024 at 15:28:24

Source: Alton Democrat issue of 15 April 1916, page 7, Ireton News.

The death of K.J. Hemmingson from cancer occurred last Friday 7th, at Canton, S.D. Funeral services were held Sunday at the home in Canton by Rev. J.S. Norgaard of the Norwegian Lutheran church of which Mr. Hemmingson was a member. The remains were brought to Ireton Monday and laid to rest in Highland cemetery. A short service at the grave was the only service held here. The deceased leaves a widow and five children, Margaret, Johanna, Abner, Bernhard and Kearney Hemmingson Knute J. Hemmingson was the third oldest of a large family of brothers and sisters. He was born in 1857 and was therefore 59 years old at the time of his death. The place of his birth and the home of the Hemmingson family was in Kendall county, Ill. The children were all born there so that though the parents were born in Norway the children are all native born Americans. In 1883 the family came to Sioux county and several of the brothers bought farms and have developed into prosperous and influential members of the community. The farm of K.J. Hemmingson is 9 miles northwest of Ireton so that Hudson was the logical trading point and Ireton people have had less acquaintance with him than some of the other brothers. His cancer which was the dread disease that caused his death, had its beginning eleven years ago from a slight scratch from barb wire on the rim of his ear. He thought it a trifling thing and paid no attention to it until its failure to heal caused him to give it some simple treatment. This was followed by more careful and painstaking efforts to cure, but it did not entirely heal. Later the knife was resorted to and the ear entirely removed. The scar healed over nicely and for a time it was thought that a cure had been accomplished but as is the nature of a cancer, it again broke out from some of the rootlets the knife had failed to remove. Then followed trips to the hot springs and general treatment to get the poison out of the system but it gradually grew worse and his late years have been years of great pain and suffering. Mr. and Mrs. T.P. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. A.O. Johnson and A.K. Toft and wife went up to Canton to be present at the funeral. Persons from other places attending the burial here were Mrs. P. Veiland of Beloit, M.A. Richardson and wife of Sioux Falls, Theodore Scott and sister of Ridgeway, Ia; P.S. Hanson of Canton, H.E. Gunderson and wife of Sioux City, also Oliver Hemmingson and daughter.