Widow: Seminarian killed in quake died singing
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — The widow of a seminarian whose parents are pastors in Duluth says he "spent his last breath singing" as he died in the rubble of the Haitian earthquake.
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — The widow of a seminarian whose parents are pastors in Duluth says he "spent his last breath singing" as he died in the rubble of the Haitian earthquake.
Renee Larson was in Port-au-Prince with husband, Ben Larson, and his cousin, Jonathan Larson, when the quake struck.
She told the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America news service Monday the two floors above them collapsed. Renee and Jonathan escaped onto the roof, but Ben couldn't. She says they called to him and heard him reply, but his singing stopped after the words "God's peace to us we pray."
Ben Larson is son of the Rev. April Ulring Larson, former bishop of the La Crosse Area Synod, and the Rev. Judd Larson of Duluth. Ben, his wife and cousin were students at Wartburg Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa.
He also went to Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, which plans a memorial service Friday.
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