Gifford Larson (-1936)

LARSON, BELMER, CLAY

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 3/21/2009 at 12:40:45

AMES DAILY TRIBUNE AND TIMES, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Saturday, April 25, 1936.

Burns to Death Saving Goods For Neighbor

GARDEN CITY— Gifford Larson, 34, a former resident of Roland who lived two and a half miles north of this place, was burned to death and a man named Neubauer, a neighbor, was seriously burned about 6 p. m., Friday while they were assisting another neighbor Rasmus Skartwedt, in removing furniture from his burning house. Garden City is seven miles north of McCallsburg.

Larson and Neubauer were carrying furniture out of the burning house when the roof caved in on Larson. Neubauer was removed from the house and rushed to the Iowa Falls hospital, where his condition was reported as serious. Larson was burned beyond recognition, his head and feet being burned from the body.

Larson is survived by his widow and five children, the oldest of whom is 10. Also surviving are six brothers, Jordan of Grundy Center, Sherman and Orville of Roland, Ray of Waterloo, Frank of Ames, and Harry of Garden City; three sisters, Mrs. Don Belmer and Mrs. E. L. Clay of Des Moines, and Ruby of Roland; also his mother, Mrs. Julia Larson of Roland.

Funeral services for Larson will be held at 2:30 p. m., Sunday from the Bergen Lutheran church in Roland, with the Rev. H. N. Bakke of McCallsburg in charge. Burial will be in the Roland cemetery.