CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - LANSEN MASON ==================================================================== NEGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the NEGenWeb Archives by Theresa Korth. theresayk@yahoo.com Permission granted by Theresa Korth. Published in: The Magnet Cemetery Directory, T. Korth ====================================================================== LANSEN MASON Little Lansen, only child of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mason of Dallas, South Dakota, died April 23, 1910 at the age of one year, five months and five days, the direct cause of death was due to a complication brought on by measles. The little remains were shipped to Magnet, accompanied by parents and friends, Tuesday and Wednesday funeral services were held at the M.E. Church conducted by the Rev. St. Louis of Bloomfield, internment was made in the Magnet Cemetery. Mrs. Mason is a daughter of our worthy towns people, Mr. and Mrs. J.V. Fletcher and only a few short weeks ago she was here visiting her parents when her little one seemed to have a very bright and happy future. The sympathy of this entire community goes out to Mr. and Mrs. Mason in their bereavement. NOTATION: This story is told by Lansen and Walter’s half sister Bernice. Walter and Lansen’s mother was Myrtle Fletcher Manning Sullivan. She ran away and married Walter Mason who was a salesman when she was about 16 years old. They moved to the South Dakota area and Walter continued to be a salesman. It was after the birth of the second child Walter Jr., that Myrtle found out that Walter indeed was already married to someone in Sioux City and they also had a child together and that Walter’s last name was Manning not Mason. She immediately left him and moved to the Norfolk, Nebraska area and later on married James Sullivan and together they had six more children.