Hansen, C. A. (died 1908)

HANSEN

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer
Date: 5/21/2012 at 10:53:24

Titonka Topic
Titonka, Kossuth co. Iowa
Thursday, August 20, 1908

His Labors are Ended
C.A. Hansen Passed Away Sunday Afternoon After a Brief Illness

The news conveying the sad intelligence of the passing away of C.A. Hansen Sunday afternoon cast a gloom over our little city. But a short time before Mr. Hansen was seen in town on the streets looking after business matters as usual. He had been ailing for some weeks but refused to give up and seek rest until it was too late. He worked on the farm, stacking oats and making hay, when he should have been under the physician's care. A week before his death he gave up and went to bed and Dr. Wallace was summoned. On Tuesday the Dr. pronounced the case small-pox and the Hansen home was quarantined. Wednesday the case developed into typhoid and the two ailments together was more than his frail constitution could combat. A trained nurse was on hand to aid the physician in checking the fever, but to no avail. On Sunday he gradually grew worse until the fever raged at 106 and at 3:30 p.m. he passed away. He was buried early the next morning without a funeral or sympathizing friends to view last remains of the dead. The interment of the body was in charge of the township trustees, who according to law in contagious diseases, had no other way to bury the body. C.A. Hansen, or Christian Hansen, as he was always called by his neighbors, was known to most of the people of this vicinity. He came to the United States from the Netherlands when he was eight years old. He was raised on a farm by Mrs. Isenberger, now Mrs. R. Lane, until he grew up to manhood. After the death of Mr. Isenberger, he worked for Wm. Lamoreux for a number of years. Later, Mr. Lamoreux and Mr. Hansen purchased the Hansen farm in partnership and held it jointly until Mr. Hansen's marriage to Miss Edna Lamoreux in 1896, when he purchased Mr. Lamoreux's half interest and where he built up a fine home. He was 38 years old at the time of his death and in the prime of his life. He belonged to no church organization, but supported and attended the M.E. church in Titonka, where nearly every Sunday morning he was found with his wife and children. The writer knew him for nine years and during all this time we found him to be honest, courageous, conservative and sympathetic. He had no time n which to loaf around town. He was always on the go. His disposition was to work, and no man in this vicinity spent any longer hours and remained more steady at his farm work than he. His constant attention to his work, no doubt, broke down his health and constitution, but it was a duty he thought he had to perform. His labor is ended. He has gone to his last reward. He leaves to mourn his departure a young wife, three children, two brothers, one sister and numerous relatives and friends, one brother in California, one at Crystal Lake and one sister, Mrs. J.P. Sorenson, of this city. May he rest in peace.