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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1918
Page
15
Camp Travis shows no fatalities in the first week of the influenza fight due to strict isolation and readiness. Sanitation, prewar warning, and a large base hospital with mobilized nurses prevented deaths while eastern camps suffered high fatalities.
News of George Lutner death reached his Cameron mother Mrs. W. L. Lutner. He died of pneumonia resulting from spanish influenza after a short illness. A Texarkana business man who owned a half interest in a wholesale creamery there, he enlisted to fight for his country. Survived by his mother two brothers Dr Thos Lutner and Wm Lutner and sister Mrs George Allen. Remains shipping home for burial. funeral plans not yet fixed. The Herald offers sympathy to the bereaved family.
The body of George Luther arrived at 8 45 AM over the Sap and was taken to his mother's home. The funeral is set for 4 PM tomorrow at Oak Hill Cemetery with Rev B B Blaylock officiating. Sergeant Tyler from Fort Dodge accompanied the casket as military escort.
Mrs M A Lederer died in Arizona on October 4. She formerly lived in Cameron then Temple and recently served as matron at the Apache School for Indians. A charter member of the local Maccabees, she was widely liked and her death is deeply regretted in Cameron.
Miss Ada Bell McGuire was seen in Cameron on Tuesday while traveling from Friendship to her home in Mays Field.
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