Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-24
MISS NELLIE MESeRVeY.

suffering, closed her eyes on earthly
scenes Saturday morning last, and her
spirit was waited to another world.
She had been i'll with typhoid fever for
a period of over three weeks, and the
disease had become so firmly enthroned
that she battled against hope almost
from the start, and sank gradually day
by day. She was graduated as trained
nurse from the Trinity Hospital Tram
ing School for Nurses at Milwaukee,
Oct. 5. She Immediately took up her
profession and little later was called
to attend a typhoid fever case at Wau-
kegan, H., and it was from this case
that she contracted her illness The
man she attended also died of the dis
ease. An analysis of the water of Wau-
kegan, since made, showed tho town to
be hot bed of typhoid breeding germs.
AS soon as the first symptoms of her
disease developed she started for home,
Miss Helen He'll, a class mate, accom-
panying her and attending her up to
during the course o. the disease, she
would appear somewhat better, but
those understanding her true condition,
and the nature of her ailment, knew
that her recovery would be miracle.
Miss Nellie Meservey was born in the
town of Easton, Aug. 9Th, 1878, making
her little over twenty-five years of
age at the time of death, her parents
being Mr.. and Mrs S. S. Meservey.
She spent nearly all her life on the farm
of her parents, attended the country
schools, gaining common school edu-
cation and then taught school for a
brief period in the town of Hogarty
During 1900 her parents sold their farm
and moved into the city. She did not
like the profession of teaching school
and decided to choose another. After
taking course in the Riverside hos
pital in this city, she went to Milwau-
kee, and entered the school and hospi-
tai first named, graduating as stated
above. Before completing her course
she had at different times gained ex-
perience by attending different cases in
Wausau, a number of our best known
citizens having engaged her services at
times. She displayed aptitude and the
most careful of attention, and was con-
sidered very bright pupil by her in
structors. She aspired to be more than
the ordinary nurse and had she lived
would have had few equals in her chos-
en- line of work. But fate decreed that
her aspirations should be snuffed out
when about to be realized.
Death is the common lot of all We
are all equal in this respect. We cannot
escape it. Wealth or affluence will not
purchase life, nor can we tell when to
expect the Destroyer's visitation.
Death is always sad, but when its
blight touches one in the morning of
life when bright pathway of promise
and success stretches on before, it is
doubly sad, ana Mr.. ard Mrs. Meservey
and remaining children have indeed
suffered : great loss. Nellie was a
bright girl and from childhood she had
been a favorite with acquaintances.
Socially, her mind was sunny sky
never clouded with fretfulness, pevish-
ness or moroseness, her cup of good
nature was ever full That she should
be called from us at such an early age
is sad, very sad. But the law of fate is
memorable. The funeral services were
conducted at the family home S05
Grand Ave, yesterday afternoon at 800
O'Clock. The house was not large
enough to admit all the people to enter
and listen to the sermon preached by
the Rev. S. n. Wilson. The Presby-
terian quartette consisting of the
Misses Anna Opdahl and Matte Mitchell
and Messrs. Walter Fleth, and Paul
Copeland, rendered beautiful vocal
music, accompanied by Miss Kathryn
Williamson, organist. The floral offer
ings were beautiful and elaborate, and
the procession of sorrowing friends
following the remains to the grave was
very large. Messrs Wesley Single,
Gustav Boehm, Henry Schultz, Oscar
Ringle, F. P. Regner and +. Schneider
were the pail bearers. Besides her
parents, deceased is survived by one
brother and four sisters, Mace, Pearl,
Grace, Elsie and Maud
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