Webb Genealogy - Person Sheet
Webb Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameJohn Edwin Larson 2130,1998
Birth17 Jan 1902, Chariton, Lucas County, IA, USA1998,2131,2132
Death8 Jul 1983, Lucas County Memorial Hospital, Chariton, Lucas County, IA, USA2131,2132
MemoDied of Acrdiopulmonary Arrest
Burial11 Jul 1983, Chariton Cemetery, Chariton, Lucas County, IA, USA2131,2132,2133
MemoFielding Funeral Home
Census1910, Lincoln, Lucas County, IA, USA1996
MemoLine 83: Edwin J Larson, age 8. Born in Iowa.
Census1920, Lincoln, Lucas County, IA, USA1997
MemoLine 4: J Edwin Larson, age 18.
Census1930, Lincoln, Lucas County, IA, USA1998
MemoJ Edwin Larson, age 28
FlagsDeceased
Spouses
Birth24 Sep 18982135,8,2134
DeathMar 19732131,1929,8
MemoLast residence in Chariton, Lucas County, IA
BurialChariton Cemetery, Chariton, Lucas County, IA, USA2134
Marriage26 Feb 1925, Lucas County, IA, USA2131,2130
Notes for John Edwin Larson
A Melva Larson was born December 10, 1904 and died October 1986 with a last residence of Stanton, Montgomery County, IA (SSN 478-01-9753)8 which could easily be Edwin’s wife.

The 1930 US Federal Census lists Edith C Larson, age 30 after J Edwin Larson. She is followed by Edward N Larson (age 4 8/12) and Gertrude M Larson (age 1 7/12). If I could see the census forms I could determine if this is his family.1998

His obituary reads:

J. Edwin Larson was born January 17, 1902 at Chariton to Emma and G.N. Larson and he spent his entire life in Lucas County. He passed away July 8, 1983 at the Lucas County Memorial Hospital at the age of eighty-one.

On February 26, 1925, he was united in marriage to Edith Cecilian Sandahl. To this union two children were born, Edward N. of Topeka, Kans. and Trudy Sheldon of Chariton.

Mr. Larson farmed all his life in this community until his health failed.

He belonged to the Swedish Covenant Church and upon this church’s dispersal, he became a member of the United Methodist Church.

He is survived by his two aforementioned children, a daughter-in-law, Audrey Larson of Topeka and a son-in-law, Paul Sheldon of Chariton. Mr. Larson’s other surviving relatives include seven grandchildren, Stan, Brent, Dean and Dale Larson, Debbie Winrick and Nancy and Diane Sheldon, seven great-grandchildren, a sister, Lillie Bingaman of Auburn, Calif., and three nieces.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Edith, his parents and three of his sisters, Ellen Larson, Anna Larson and Minnie Wiren.

He will always be remembered as a wonderful and loving husband, father, grandfather and friend whose concern was always for those other than himself.

In honor of J. Edwin Larson and in reverence to his passing, a poem:

The stillness has come
a white light
and with it comes the difference
between knowing and believing
promises that were made have been kept
and the extended hand
has been met with a welcoming touch
there is comfort,
there is meaning
and the waiting is over.
Diane Sheldon

Services were held for Mr. Larson Monday, July 22 at the Fielding Funeral Home. The Reverend Georg McMullen officiated. Interment was at the Chariton Cemetery.2131
Last Modified 29 May 2017Created 12 Mar 2023 using Reunion for Macintosh
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