The 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic-Wives of Havens Twins Both Die

From: Oakland Tribune, 25 October 1918, Page 5, Column 3

WIVES OF HAVENS TWINS BOTH DIE

Mrs. Rosalind Fairweather Havens, wife of Paul Havens, died yesterday following a brief attack of Spanish influenza and pneumonia. Twelve hours previously, at the home of her parents, in Philadelphia, Mrs. Grace Little Havens, wife of Lieutenant Seyd Havens, fell a victim to the epidemic and died. Paul and Seyd Havens are twins, the youngest sons of the late Frank C. Havens.

When Henry Fairweather was stricken with the influenza last week he was carefully nursed by his daughter, Mrs. Paul Havens, who contracted the disease. Besides her husband she is survived by a four-year-old son, Roland Havens.

Mrs. Paul Havens was an artist of recognized ability. She was a student of literature and had made some interesting contributions to current literature. Her mother, Mrs. Mary Fairweather, was well known locally and in New York for the literary lectures which she gave and which were largely attended by the smart set. A sister, Miss Una Fairweather, is a singer of reputation both on the Atlantic coast and abroad, where she has spent much of her time. Mrs. Havens has never cared for society, entering little into the life of the younger set. She and her husband have lived very quietly since their marriage five years ago.

The funeral services marked by the utmost simplicity, were held this morning at 10 o'clock from one of the local undertaking parlors.

Lieutenant Sayd Havens is in France with the 4th Engineers. His marriage took place in the east before his sailing overseas at the beginning of the war. His bride of five months has never been in California. She belonged to a well known family in Philadelphia. Upon the return of her husband from abroad, the young couple had planned to come to the bay cities to establish their home.