Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-23
Death of Mrs. q. e. Mansfield.

The following on the death of Mrs.
George G. Mansfield is from our regu-
lar correspondent at Johnson Creek:
Died, at her home in this village,
Friday, November 18, 1898, Mrs.
George c. Mansfield, in the 46th year
of her age. On the 18th of September
Mrs. Mansfield left her home for Jack
sonville, Fla, to care for and nurse
her son Frank, a member of the Sec
ond Division Hospital corps, who,
while attending to his duties there,
was taken seriously i'll with typhoid
fever. The presence of a loving
mother at the bedside of her sick son,
and the tireless attention given by
those fond hands, had it's good effect
in the end, and after five weeks of
anxious solicitude Mrs. Mansfield was
permitted to start homeward in charge
of her convalescent boy. In passing,
it might be mentioned that not alone
was Mrs. Mansfeld's loving offices de-
voted to her son. but to others of the
emaciated and fever-stricken soldier
lads, in the memory of whom she will
ever be revered as a guardian angel
in the hour of need. Upon her return
home Mrs. Mansfield's family hoped
and prayed that she had escaped con-
tracing the terrible malady. but all
in vain, for it was only a few days be-
fore she was taken with it. The
progress was at first slow, but it seems
nevertheless insidous and finally the
dreaded relapse, with it's fatal ending,
came. All that loving hearts and
willing hands could do was done to
allay the ravages of the disease, but
to no purpose, and the woman who
had thus shown her true nobleness OF
character and sacrificing nature was
thus forced to lay down her life in its
very prime.
Sunday afternoon the funeral SER
vices were held in the Lutheran
church, conducted by Rev. Mr.. Var
ney, chaplain of the First Wisconsin
volunteers. Through her services at
Jacksonville the deceased became well
known to Chaplain Varney, and it
was therefore with sincerity that he
paid such a beautiful tribute to his
departed co-wOrker in his we'll
tempered funeral address. The re-
mains, lying in satin-lined lavender
casket amid a profusion of fragrant
fowers-those eloquent though un-
speakable offerings of true friends
were viewed by the large concourse
of people assembled on the sad occa-
sion, after which they were laid at
rest in the village cemetery. Notice
able among the floral emblems was a
white pillow intersected with the
words, s'Red Cross" betokening the
beautiful order OF which the deceased
became a member while at Jackson
vile. The music at the funeral was
rendered by the Iroquois club quar-
tette, of Watertown-Messrs Schempf,
Sproesser, Meyer and Rohr-who
sang ''Abide With Me" AMI ''Sleep,
Sweetly Sleep"
The deceased was born at White
water, February 5, 1858. Her maiden
name was Kittie Emma Minnek She
was married to Mr.. Mansfield on
October Is, 1873, at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Elijah Thayer, in the town
of Aztalan. Beside her husband there
are left surviving four children
Flora F., Frank P, Philip w. and
Mildred, and three step-children-
George D., Fred G.. and Grace e.
Mrs. Mansfeld's death is indeed a
severe blow to her family, as we'll as
loss that will be sorely felt in the
community. She had ever been a |
gracious, kindly woman, and had won
her way into the hearts of many.