THIRTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL DIES OF PNEUMONIA

Emma Japp, the thirteen year old daughter of August Japp, died at 11 o’clock Sunday night following a short illness of pneumonia.

Mr. Japp lives 1 1/2 miles north of Kennard where the funeral was held on Tuesday at 2 o’clock p.m., and interment made in the cemetery at Kennard.

It is not often that The Tribune is called upon to chronicle the death of anyone in their teens, for it is usually adults or infants who pass away, and the death of children of this age is especially sad as they have the prospect of a full life before them, and the blighted prospect adds to the sorrow of the family to whom the sympathy of a large list of acquaintances and friends is extended.

8 Dec., 1921 - The Tribune - Emma Japp

Emma, the 13 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August Japp, passed away at their farm home north of town on Sunday night after a few days’ illness of measles and pneumonia. Funeral services were held at the home on Tuesday afternoon with burial in Kennard cemetery. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved parents and the brothers and sisters.

#3-15 Dec., 1921 - The Enterprise - Mr. and Mrs. August Japp’s 13 year old daughter

The little thirteen year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August Japp of Kennard died suddenly, Nov. 27, from a complication of measles and double pneumonia. She had been ill but a couple of days, and her sudden death was a severe blow to her family. She leaves besides her parents, five brothers and five sisters. Funeral services were held Nov. 29th at Kennard, Rev. Rasmussen officiating, and burial made in the Kennard cemetery.

Note: Her headstone is engraved with her death date as 12/4/1021

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

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