Rorum, Ole 1851 - 1905
ROROM, RORUM
Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 3/25/2013 at 17:06:37
Postville Review, Fri., 21 July 1905. Taken from the Decorah Journal.
Ole Rorom, a farmer working for O. O. Blekberg in Madison township, expired from the extreme heat Monday. He was working in the hay field about six miles east of Decorah when overcome by the heat, and though not dead when found he expired soon after.- Decorah Journal.
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Added by Joy Moore Dec. 24, 2018:
Source: Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer July 25, 1905, FP, C7
Ole H. Rorum,who was employed on the farm of C. O. Bleckeberg in Madison township, died this week Monday from extreme heat. He had been out in the field and helped put on one load of hay, and it being so warm they decided not to load any more hay until in the afternoon. While the horses were being put away, Mr. Rorum went, to feed the pigs and while doing so dropped to the ground, death resulting a few minutes after he was found, Mr, Rorum was called at dinner time, but when he did not come in right away nothing unusual was thought of, as he was in the habit of finishing his work before he came to meals, so he was not discovered until after dinner. Medical aid was summoned at once, but he was dead within a few minutes after he had been found stricken with the heat. He has been a resident of this county two or three years and had taken out naturalization papers. The funeral was held from the Madison church and interment was in the church cemetery.—Ridgeway Review
Transcriber's Note: Madison Lutheran Cemetery indicates he is buried there and his name is spelled Rorum. He was born June 1851.
Added by Joy Moore March 1, 2019:
Source: Decorah Republican July 20, 1905 P3 C4
DEATH FROM SUNSTROKE.
Ole Rorom of Madison Township is a Victim of Monday’s Heat.
Shortly before noon Monday Ole Rorom, an employe of C. O. Blekeberg in Madison township, was found in the hay field prostrated from heat, and died a few minutes after. Dr. P. M. Jewell, county coroner, was sent for but when he learned the circumstances be said there was no occasion for him to act.
Rorom is a Norwegian and has been in this county less than four years. Our Ridgeway correspondent says he was 54 years old, a widower, and is survived by three sons, one of whom resides in Minnesota.Source: Decorah Republican July 20, 1905 P7 C3
Ole Rorum died suddenly at the home of C. O. Blekeberg yesterday of sunstroke. He leaves three sons one of Scanion, Minn. He was 54 years old. Interment will be at the Madison cemetery.
Madison Lutheran Cemetery
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