Obituary Record

Christina C (Thorpe) Rasmussen
Died on 10/1/1922
Buried in Blair Cemetery

4 Oct., 1922 - The Pilot - Christina Rasmussen

Mrs. Jorgen Rasmussen died at the Blair hospital at 2:40 following an operation for the removal of her left arm which was badly hurt in the automobile accident Sunday. The funeral was held at the residence at 2:30 and at the Danish church at 3 o’clock, Rev. A. Rasmussen and Rev. H. Nelson officiating. Christina C. Thorpe was born in Denmark July 21st, 1861, and was therefore just past 61 years of age. She came to this country in July, 1894, and was married to Jorgen Rasmussen July 10th, 1896. Mr. Rasmussen passed away June 22nd, 1916. She is survived by an only daughter, Clara, who is employed as bookkeeper in the Farmers’ State bank. Also a sister, Mrs. Chris L. Jensen and one brother, Hans Thorpe of Haderslev, Denmark.

#2-5 Oct., 1922 - The Tribune - Christina C. (Thorpe) Rasmussen

ACCIDENT PROVES FATAL TO MRS. CHRISTINA RASMUSSEN

Mrs. Christina Rasmussen died Sunday afternoon as the result of an accident occurring at about 10:40 that morning.

Mrs. Rasmussen had started for church and was picked up by Mr. and Mrs. Jens Nielsen, also enroute for the Danish Lutheran church. As they were crossing the C. & N.W. railroad track on Center street, the car was struck by the eastbound passenger, No. 24, and the auto was carried down the track some distance on the front of the engine.

Mr. Nielsen, who was driving the car does not know the details of the accident. He said the first he realized anything was wrong, he noticed his car was being borne down the track instead of crossing it.

When the train stopped, it was discovered that Mrs. Rasmussen was very seriously injured, her left arm being almost entirely severed between the elbow and shoulder and her head and the left side of her face cut and bruised. Mr. and Mrs. Nielsen were badly cut by broken glass and Mrs. Nielsen sustained two broken ribs and some internal injuries. Mr. Nielsen’s injuries were not so severe, but he has been confined to his bed a part of the time since, both he and Mrs. Nielsen suffering great mental as well as physical anguish.

A truck passing conveyed Mrs. Rasmussen to the hospital where an Omaha surgeon had just finished with a surgical case, and he, assisted by a local physician, cared for the unfortunate woman. It was necessary to amputate the arm, and as the flesh above the elbow was so badly mangled that it was impossible to save even that much of it, the member was amputated at the shoulder.

The patient did not recover consciousness from the time she was struck by the train, and the physician said she never realized her condition, nor suffered any pain. She passed away about three o’clock in the afternoon.

The accident covered the entire town with a mantle of sadness and scarcely anything else was talked of all day by those who heard of the terrible affair.

Mrs. Rasmussen’s only daughter, Miss Clara, left the house for church, walking the distance a few moments after her mother had left for the services, and met the truck which was conveying the body of her mother to the hospital, but did not know it was she. In fact, she did not know of the accident until she reached the church. She left at once in company with Prof. C. X. Hansen for the hospital, and then knew for a certainty that the woman was her mother.

#3-5 Oct., 1922 - The Tribune - Christina C. (Thorpe) Rasmussen

Christina C. Thorpe was born July 21, 1861 in Oxenvard, Denmark, and came to America in 1894. She was married to Jorgen Rasmussen July 10, 1896, and became the mother of one child, Clara, who is employed at the Farmers State Bank. Her husband died June 22, 1916, and she and her daughter continued their residence on west South street, where they had lived for a number of years. Mrs. Rasmussen had no relatives in this country, but a sister, Mrs. Chr. L. Jensen, and a brother, Hans Thorpe, reside at Haderslev, Denmark. The only other family ties are those of relatives of her husband residing in Minnesota.

Private funeral services were held at the home Wednesday at 2:30, and the body was then taken to the Danish Lutheran church where public services were held, but the building was too small to hold the people who came to pay their last respects to this highly esteemed woman. Rev. H. Nielsen conducted the services, assisted by Rev. M. Rasmussen of Kennard.

The sympathy of the entire community goes out to the sorrowing daughter in this hour of her great grief.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

Find a Grave Memorial #107301790

Printed in the Blair Pilot on 10/4/1922


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