Mining City History
Of influenza and stained glass: St. Mark's Ascension window tells sad story
The Ascension Window at St. Mark?s Lutheran Church recalls a devastating time in Butte. The window is in memory of Franz Arthur Benz, who died at age 23 in the great influenza pandemic of 1918-1919. His mother, Mrs. Arthur Benz, paid for the window in 1919.
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By most estimates Butte accounted for a third of Montana?s 37,000 influenza cases ? and of those 12,000, about 1,200 died, mostly in October, November, and December 1918...
Of influenza and stained glass: St. Mark's Ascension window tells sad story
- Dick Gibson
- Nov 14, 2016
The Ascension Window at St. Mark?s Lutheran Church recalls a devastating time in Butte. The window is in memory of Franz Arthur Benz, who died at age 23 in the great influenza pandemic of 1918-1919. His mother, Mrs. Arthur Benz, paid for the window in 1919.
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By most estimates Butte accounted for a third of Montana?s 37,000 influenza cases ? and of those 12,000, about 1,200 died, mostly in October, November, and December 1918...