Individual Details

Death

SOURCE: Newspaper article - No Name - No Date

Mrs. Kent Kendall, the daughter of Mrs. Anna Gerdes of this city, died yesterday at the hospital. Mrs. Kendall was born in Cass township, February 24, 1898. She was united in marriage to Mr. Kendall at Savanna, Illinois, in the year 1917. Last April she came to Monticello with her family to make her home with her mother, Mrs. Anna Gerdes of this city. Mrs. Kendall is survived by her husband and two children: Jean, a baby four days old, and Elizabeth three years of age. Besides her husband and children, Mrs. Kendall is survived by her mother, Mrs. Anna Gerdes, and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Grace Otten, of Amber; Mrs. Henry Schafer, of Langworthy; Gerhard Gerdes, of Jackson, and John, Carl and Alva Gerdes, of Monticello. Services will be held tomorrow, at the Lutheran Church, Interment will be made at Cedar Rapids.
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SOURCE: Newspaper article - Savanna, IL.... No Name - No Date
Mrs. K Kendall Died Following Birth of a Child
Well Known Young woman of This City Passed Away In Cedar Rapids

The Savanna friends of Mrs. Kent Kendall, will be grieved to learn of her death which occurred in a hospital at Cedar Rapids on Wednesday following the birth of a son.
The family resides in this city, having apartments in the Pulford building over Waddie's Mission on Main street. Mr. Kendall being a baggage man on the Milwaukee road between this city and Cedar Rapids the family having resided here the past three years.
Mrs. Kendall was a young woman who had the facility of making many friends and the news of her death will be learned with sorrow by many. Her age was about 27 years. Beside her husband she is survived by a daughter aged 4 and the little son for whom his mother gave her life. The baby is getting along nicely.
Mr. Kendall is here today packing his household furniture and with ship it to Cedar Rapids. His friends console with him in his deep sorrow.