Stratton, Spencer K.

Spencer Stratton
Dec. 11, 1896-Oct. 21, 1918

Niles Daily Star, Monday, October 21, 1918, page 1, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library


    Today's death toll is the largest to be recorded in this city in years.  Of the five to succumb, four were stricken with the Spanish influenza.
    Spencer Stratton, 1206 Oak street, 22 years of age, the eldest of nine children passed away this morning after a short illness.  His mother and eight children are all in a precarious condition with the disease.  The father and his sister, Mrs. Leota Fink, whose husband died in an army camp, at Gettysburg, Pa., two weeks ago, with the same disease, are the only members of this family who have so far escaped the malady.  Funeral will take place Wednesday and will be private.

[Note: Others in this article are: Mrs. Jesse Hill, Harry Faith, W.A. White, Mrs. Harold Davis]
Niles Daily Sun, Monday, October 21, 1918, page 4, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

    Spencer Stratton, aged 22 years, died this morning at the  home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Stratton, 1206 Oak street, from pneumonia which developed from influenza.  The young man had long been in ill health and was a cripple as the result.  The funeral announcement will be made later.
Niles Daily Sun,  Tuesday, October 22, 1918, page 1, col 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral Announcements

    Funeral services for Spencer Stratton will be held tomorrow morning from the residence on East Oak street. The services will be private, the young man having died of influenza and there are several cases of illness in the large family of which he was a member.