1918 Fred Huntsman obituary.
The Daily Sentinel, Grand Junction, Colorado, October 12, 1918. [7]
1881 Frederick Reed Huntsman was born on May 13. [1]
1910 Fred Huntsman (age 28, born in Colorado), roomer, lived in Grand Junction Ward 4, Mesa County, Colorado. Fred Huntsman's father was born in Indiana and his mother was born in Ohio. Fred Huntsman could read and write. Fred Huntsman's occupation was electrician, Elect Light Plant, wage earner. [2]
1912 Fred R Huntsman (age 31) and Bertha M Bloom (age 29) were married on December 25, in Montrose County, Colorado. [3] [4]
1917 Fred Reed Huntsman registered for the draft in Mesa County, Colorado. He had characteristics: Brown hair, Blue eyes, Slender build, and Medium height. His nearest relative was F. R. Huntsman. Frederick Huntsman was an electrician working for Air Nitrate Corp. [5] [6]
1918 Fred Huntsman died in Alabama.
Well Known Grand Junction Resident In Government Service Died at Mussel Shoals, Ala.
As a shock to his great host of old time friends comes the announcement today that Fred Huntsman, for some fifteen years connected with the local electric companies, died yesterday at Mussels Shoals, Ala., where he was employed in a great government plant.
The message which was received by Alvin Borschell announced that pneumonia caused death. It is likely that Mr. Huntsman was attacked by Spanish influenza which later developed into pneumonia. Only yesterday C. R. Lough of this city received a letter from Mr. Huntsman on business matters, in which he stated that he was i11 and that there were many sick men in the camp at that time.
Mr. Huntsman only recently went from Tulsa, Okla., to Mussel Shoals, having been at the latter place only a month. About a month ago, following the receipt of a letter by "The Sentinel from Mr Huntsman we announced his acceptance of a position with the government at Mussel Shoals.
The deceased left Grand Junction about a year ago after his long residence here. Few young men in the city were better known. He was popular with all who knew him. He was a young man of splendid character industrious and upright and his death is most untimely. He is survived by his wife. There were no children.
1967 Bertha Huntsman died on January 28 in Pueblo, Colorado. [8]
Mrs. Bertha M. Huntsman, 85, of Fruita, died at 6 a.m. today in Pueblo, Colo. She had been ill for three years.
She was the widow of Fred Huntsman, an electrician, who died in October 1918 at Muscle Shoals, Ala.
The couple was married at Montrose on Dec. 25. 1912. A resident of Mesa County for 56 years, Mrs. Hunstman was a nurse had had worked for St. Marys Hospital when it was located on Colorado avenue. She had also worked at Vanderbilt Clinic in New York.
She was born Bertha Bloom on June 15, 1881, in Chicago, and spent her early life there. She was a member of Neighbors of Woodcraft.
She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Mabel Carlton, of Grand Junction.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Martins Chapel. The Rev. Kenneth Baird will officiate, Cremation will follow.
1920 Bertha Huntsman (age 37), widow, lived in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois with her parents Hans and Matilda Bloom. [10]
[1] United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[2] United States Federal Census, 1910, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[3] FamilySearch.org, [FamilySearchRecord].
[4] Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006, [AncestryRecord].
[5] United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[6] U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, [AncestryRecord].
[7] The Daily Sentinel, Grand Junction, Colorado, October 12, 1918, page 6, [NewspapersClip].
[8] U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, [AncestryRecord].
[9] The Daily Sentinel, Grand Junction, Colorado, January 28, 1967, page 6, [NewspapersClip].
[10] United States Federal Census, 1920, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].