WAR VET, 47, BURIED HERE

WILLIAM SORENSEN WAS SHELL-SHOCK VICTIM OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR

(veteran)

Even as the second great World War got off to a thorough start, a victim of the first war died last Thursday at Knoxville, Iowa, in the veteran’s hospital.

He was William Sorensen, 47, who suffered shell shock overseas in 1918 and as a result had been hospitalized the past 16 years. His death followed a recent major operation.

Never married, Mr. Sorensen was born near Herman, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Sorensen. He is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Mary Enger of Herman; Mrs. Martin Larsen of Orum; and Mrs. Hays Rosenbaum of Omaha; and two brothers, Edward Sorensen of Lyons and Carl of Blair. There are a number of nephews and nieces.

Funeral services, with arrangements in charge of the Bendorf Funeral Home, were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at First Lutheran Church here, the Rev. H. C. Jorgensen officiating. Burial followed in Blair cemetery. Members of the American Legion attended the services in a group and had charge of graveside rituals.

# 2 - - from The Enterprise, June 25, 1942

RITES HELD FOR WAR VETERAN

Funeral services for William Sorensen, veteran of World War I, were held at the First Lutheran Church in Blair on Saturday, June 20, with Rev. H. C. Jorgensen in charge. Burial was made in Blair cemetery under the supervision of Bendorf Funeral Home.

The deceased had suffered for nearly twenty-five years from injuries received in the first World War; for the past sixteen years he had been a patient at the government hospital in Knoxville, Iowa. His death came as the result of an operation.

Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Mary Enger of Herman; Mrs. Martin Larsen of Blair and Mrs. Hayes Rosenbalm of Omaha; and two brothers, Edward Sorensen of Lyons and Carl Sorensen of Blair.

(typed as printed in the newspaper. Some variations in spellings and facts occur in these two articles.)