Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-12-23
DIED.

DIED.
John Kasparek died at his home j
the town Of Two Rivers Sunday, Dec
IS. at l 80 p. M, aged II years an,
6 months.
The deceased was born at KroR
ullno, Germany, June 18th, 1888
He served in the German army dar
ing the Austro. Prussian war in 1885
receiving the cross of honor for faith
full and distinguished service, ant
was also in the same army in thu
Franco Prussian war. After the wal
he came to the United States and
settled in Two Rivers, where he ha6
since lived. he was prominent in the
early days in building up the Catholic
church in Two Rivers and was one OF
the leading men in promoting the
construction Of the present edifce al
North Prairie.
The funeral took place at 10 o clock
Tuesday morning from the Helv Gross
church at North Prairie.
The deceased leaves, besides an aged
widow, five children-Mrs. Carrie
Jansky Of St Cloud Paul, Mrs. 4.
Flel2, V. 3. Kasparek, Little Fails
}. j. Kasparek, lnkster, N. D.
hev. K. D. Kinney, for many wears
Well known resident OF Royalton,
died at the Fergus Falls asylum Dec
18th, aged 76 years Mr. Kinney was
native OF Royalton, Vermont, and
came west in the early ffties as q
misei onary to the Indians. In 1853 he
settled in section 80, in the town OF
Bellevue, and lived there for many
years. The village of Royalton was
named after the town of the same
name in Vermont. Signs Of mental
illrsss was evident some seven years
ago, ard IN September, 1869 Mr..
Kinney was taken to the asylum. The
body was taken to Cincinnati, were
several Of the children live, for inter
ment.
| Miss Hannah Anderson. sister of
John and Lars Anderson, formerly of
this city, died recently at Daw- Shee,
Shan States, Burmah, where she was
laboring as missionary. The Boston
Office of the Baptist Foreign Mission
airy Society notified Miss Anderson e
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew An.
derson Of St. Cloud, Of the sad event.
Miss Anderson made many acquaint-
ances in Little Falls while visiting
relatives here in 1896. The following
is from the st. Cloud Times:
Miss Anderson, although not born
in st. Cloud, nevertheless spent all
her childhood and early womanhood
years in this city. She attended and
graduated with houors from the St..
Cloud normal school in the very early
eighties and soon after took position
as teacher in the public schools in
this city. She taught in the Union
and other buildings for q total Of five
or six years. She taught term or
two in the village of Becker. before
taking position here. For two Or
three years she had it in mind to re-
sign hex work iE the tcl1',,ls and 20
, abroad r: a missionary IA in 1887
! this deSi:e waz f>imul til into an
action that Saw ,le v;eh granted. In
that year she allied he;:elf as field
; worker under ti1e B3E;.s~ Foreign
Missionary society and Na5 sent to
; f3angoou, a sou'htrn s;nte III Burmah.
Here she lsboled FIR niEe years until
her health became so broken down
that it was nece ssary for her to return
to this country. She reached st. Cloud
in 1896 and after that passed four
years at home recuperating. She was
none too strong in 1900 when she de-
cided to return to her field again. Up
On taxing her final goodby from her
father and brothers and sisters she
exclaimed "You will never see me
again-Go from Burmah to Heaven. v
Tie last letter received from her
was dated Daw Shee village, Oct. 10,
1904.
Miss Anderson was 46 years Of age
at the time of her death. Among the
brothers and sisters who survive he1
are: John Anderson, formerly OF
Little Falls, now the proprietor of an
implement factory at Minneapolis ;
Lars Anderson, Crookston; Olaf An.
derson. Minneapolis August Anderson,
Moorhead and Mrs. Duncan F. Nc.
Nab, al.o of Moorhead. The remains
of the deceased missionary will be
puried in the land wherein she la