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Jerry H Fenton

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Birth	:	1896
Death	:	1930
Burial	:	Calvary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Lincoln, Lancaster County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.8119011, -96.6639023
Description	:	Biography of Jerry H. Fenton, as written by his sister, Florence (Fenton) Dompierre: Jeremiah H. Fenton (Jerry). Jerry was not with the family when others moved from Haddam, Kansas to Lincoln, Nebraska. He was serving with Evacuation Hospital #7 in France, having arrived there on May 23, 1918. War ended on Nov. 11, 1918. He arrived back in the U.S. on April 29, 1919 and was discharged from Camp Dodge on May 15, 1919. When Jerry returned, he worked at the Fenton Drug Store at 19th & O. He wanted to pursue a career as a medical... Read More	Biography of Jerry H. Fenton, as written by his sister, Florence (Fenton) Dompierre: Jeremiah H. Fenton (Jerry). Jerry was not with the family when others moved from Haddam, Kansas to Lincoln, Nebraska. He was serving with Evacuation Hospital #7 in France, having arrived there on May 23, 1918. War ended on Nov. 11, 1918. He arrived back in the U.S. on April 29, 1919 and was discharged from Camp Dodge on May 15, 1919. When Jerry returned, he worked at the Fenton Drug Store at 19th & O. He wanted to pursue a career as a medical doctor, so took pre-med courses in Lincoln and then entered the Nebraska University Medical School in Omaha. During summer months, he worked at a mental hospital in Illinois. A couple of years (I don’t recall exact year) into his studies at Omaha, he contracted Yellow Jaundice and had to discontinue classes. He missed so much while he recovered that he didn’t have the heart to go back. He decided to return to Nebraska University in Lincoln, majoring in chemistry, at which he was especially good. He would have graduated in January, 1931, but died in December, 1930. The obituary for Jeremiah (Jerry) was as follows: HEART ATTACK CAUSE OF DEATH OF FENTON: Returned to the Store After Taking a Clerk to His Home – Served in the World War. Death of Jeremiah H. Fenton, thirty-four who was found at the Fenton Drug Store at 19th & O at 2:30 A.M., Sunday was due to heart failure, according to Dr. T.F. McCarthy. He was the son of Robert E. Fenton, 1525 A Street. Warden Fenton of the state penitentiary, uncle of the dead man said that his nephew had eaten heavily and had exercised strenuously Saturday evening and that he had never been troubled with his heart. Fenton had been dead for some time when police arrived, according to Dr. George E. Lewis, city physician. Robert Fenton, the man’s father, left the store at 10:30 P.M. Saturday and Jeremiah left the store at 12:30 A.M. Sunday to take Joe Koza, drug clerk home, according to the warden. He returned to the store seemingly to obtain some medicine, although none had been removed from the shelves, Warden Fenton said. He had apparently collapsed within, as the keys were beside him and the doors were locked, it was said. The body was discovered by Mr. & Mrs. Clay Dollarhide, 234 S. 25th and by Mr. & Mrs. Richard Wolf. They noticed that the motor of a nearby car, which was unoccupied, was running. The four saw Fenton lying inside the store, face downward. He was clad in a hat and coat. The family and police were notified. Officers gained entrance by making a transom. Mr. Fenton entered the university in 1926, taking a course in chemistry and was to have graduated in January. He had formerly studied medicine in the University of Nebraska medical college at Omaha for about two and a half years, taking two years of paramedic work at the university. Sickness had prevented graduation at that time. He was a member of Alpha Kappa Kappa, professional medical fraternity. He enlisted in the army June 22, 1917 and was sent to Ft. Logan, Colorado and was transferred from there to Ft. Riley, Kansas. He was a private, first class in Evacuation Hospital No. 7 and served in the three main offenses, lacking a week of being in the army two years. He was discharged at Camp Dodge May 15, 1919. The hospitals which he saw service were Chateau Montanglaust, St. Juvin and Prim. He was a member of the American Legion. Mr. Fenton entered the army upon graduation from high school at Haddam, Kansas and came to Lincoln after the war. Surviving are his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Fenton and six brothers, Daniel A., David T., Robert E., Francis C., Richard L and Lawrence L., all of Lincoln; five sisters, Mrs. Joseph Calcaterra, Lincoln; Sister Mary Madeleva, Damar, Kansas, and Misses Katherine, Florence and Loretta Fenton, all of Lincoln Funeral services will be held at St. Mary’s Cathedral at 9:30 A.M., Tuesday, Mgr. P.O. O’Loughlin officiating. Burial will be in Calvary.

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Family Members:

Parent

Robert E Fenton

(1871 - 1953)

Nellie A Riley Fenton

(1874 - 1957)

Siblings

Daniel Aleysius “Dan” Fenton

(1897 - 1952)

Sr Madeleva Fenton

(1899 - 1976)

Kathryn Fenton Collins

(1901 - 1992)

Helen Clare Fenton Calcaterra

(1902 - 1985)

Francis Clement Fenton

(1906 - 1940)

Loretta C. “Lettie” Fenton

(1912 - 1997)

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