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Re: Missing family in Spencer, IA

LORENS LARSEN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/2/2016 at 16:16:58

In Response To: Missing family in Spencer, IA (Joergen Froelner)

Lorens Larsen died in Spencer, Iowa in July of 1959. He married twice but did not have biological children of his own. Both of his wives had children. I am including links to his obituary and one for his second wife. I transcribed the obituary for his first wife. Hope this helps.

Obituary for Lorens Larsen
The Daily Reporter - Spencer, Iowa
July 30, 1959

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1907&dat=19590730&id=ZWUrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ftkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2744,1734974&hl=en

Obituary for Margrethe Larsen - 2nd wife
The Daily Reporter - Spencer, Iowa
June 29, 1956
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1907&dat=19560629&id=K2wrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=29kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=876,5674377&hl=en

1st wife’s obituary Lizzie Larsen
Spencer News Herald -- Spencer, Iowa
June 9, 1927

Mrs. Lorens Larsen, resident of Spencer for the past eight years passed away at her home Friday morning, June 3, 1927, at eleven o'clock. She has been in poor health following an operation on January 3 at Villa Park, Illinois. She was fifty-eight years old at the time of her death.

Lise Larsen was born April 26, 1869, at Tversted Sogn, Denmark where she was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. She was married to Lorens Larsen November 11, 1911, at Boone, Iowa. Mrs. Larsen was a member of Bethany Lutheran church of which she was a faithful and willing worker, always glad to do anything for the good of the church. She leaves to mourn their loss her husband, two sons, Tinus Larsen of Scranton, Iowa, Elmer Larsen of New York, a sister, Mrs. Jim Johnson of Scranton, Iowa and a brother, Tom Larsen of Boone. Funeral services were held at Cobbs Chapel Sunday afternoon at three o'clock with the Rev. K. Nyegaard, pastor of the Danish Lutheran church, officiating. Rev. P. H. Miller assisted. The body was then taken to Scranton where interment was made in the family lot by the side of her mother.

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Lorens Larsen never became a citizen. There is an alien file called A-file which you could obtain from the National Archives in Kansas City, Missouri.

Lorens Larsen
Birth Date: 27 Mar 1878
Registration Number: 1112464

Ordering A-File
The original case files are located at the National Archives at Kansas City. Please make sure to include the Alien Registration Number and the individual's complete name when requesting a copy of a file. The National Archives will accept requests by e-mail, postal mail, or fax.

E-mail: Afiles.KansasCity@nara.gov

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