Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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EARLE THEMANSON IN MEMORIAM Earle Themanson was born on the 14th day of Febru- ary, 1899, in Aurora, Illinois. He entered the Aurora schools at the age of six and continued there until the fourth grade, when he moved with his parents to Valpar- aiso. In 1914 he entered the V. H. S. and elected the Latin course. On the 24th of June, although but seven- teen, he left for the Mexican Border with Co. L. L T pon his return from service he again became a student of the V. H. S. until the World War fired his patriotic spirit, and he departed from this city in September, 1917, to join the Regular Army. While in service at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, he was taken ill, and was given an honorable discharge. Soon after his return home all hopes of his regaining his health were given up, and on the 18th of November he passed away. He was buried from the Lutheran Church with military honors on November 20, 1918. Sixteen

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