Iowa
Old Press
Mason City Globe-Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo co. Iowa
Monday, May 23, 1932
Body Identified as Local Woman
The body of a woman found dead in bed in a hotel in
Marshalltown Wednesday, was identified Sunday as that of Mrs.
Emil Gustavsen, 517 Van Buren avenue southwest, who had been
missing from Mason City eight months. The identification was made
by her mother, Mrs. Caroline Patterson, and her father, A.W.
Patterson, both of Mason City.
Death was caused by "lesions of the heart, brot on by a
stimulant, probably alcohol," according to Dr. J.J. Noonan
who made an autopsy. Mrs. Gustavsen, who had assumed the name of
Virginia Clark, was last seen in a car with an unknown man here
last fall, according to police.
The body will probably be buried at Marshalltown, it was learned
here. No inquest was held.
The dead woman is survived, in addition to her parents, by her
husband and two children, Violet, 8, and Mamie, 5.
Margie Marie Mommer, 10, Died in Iowa City Hospital
Rock Falls, May 23 - Margie Marie Mommer, 10, only child
of Mrs. Lillis Brodrecht Mommer, died at the children's hospital
in Iowa City, Saturday morning, where she had been for
observation and treatment the past six weeks. Tho she had been in
poor health for over a year, she was able to attend school until
a short time before going to the hospital. She was born in Cedar
Falls, Jan. 18, 1922.
She leaves her mother, her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Brodrecht and her father, Arthur Mommer, Cedar Falls.
Luverne Pioneer - Civil War Veteran Dies in St. Paul
Luverne, May 23 - Word has been received here the H.S.
Benedict died at a hospital in St. Paul Friday afternoon. Mr.
Benedict was a pioneer of Luverne but for several years has been
making his home with his daughter, Mrs. Lauda Newville of St.
Paul. He celebrated his eighty-eighth birthday Feb. 24.
He was a Civil war veteran and served during the war with the
First Minnesota Field Artillery. He was active for many years in
the Garfield post of the G.A.R. of St. Paul.
His son J.H. Benedict, left for St. Paul to attend the funeral
which was held there on Sunday afternoon with burial in St. Paul.
Birth Certificates
Birth certificates have been filed in the office of the
clerk for Jerry Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Bailey, Mason
City, born May 16; and Laurence William, son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Pinneke, Sheffied, born may 8th.
Injured Boy Better
James Andrew Stifter, 7 years old, 319 Eighteenth street
southeast, injured when he fell from a cliff along Willow creek
Saturday forenoon, spent a good night Sunday and his condition
was reported favorable Monday by attendants at Park hospital
where he was taken.
Funeral Services for Mrs. Pille Held
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth mary Pille, who
lived ona farm about a half mile east of the Taylor bridge on
highway 18, were held at St. Joseph's Catholic church Saturday
with the Rev. J.J. Oilinger in charge. Mrs. Pille, who was 39
years old, died at her home Friday morning. She is survived by
her husband and five children.
[transcribed by S.F. September 2014]