Pandemics in Effingham County then and now
Close 1 of 6 A statue of St. Roch and his dog stands in the main entrance of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Teutopolis near the east side of the vestibule. Residents erected a shrine to the patron saint of plagues during the Spanish flu pandemic a century ago. Effingham soldier Rutherford Alcock is buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Houston. He had served in Texas before dying from the Spanish flu pandemic while stationed in France. St. Anthony Hospital nurse Sister Antonia Dietrich died from the Spanish flu. She is buried in St. Anthony p...
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