Willmar tribune., 1906-09-12


quist, died in 1892; Christine, now
Mrs. John Olson, of South Bend,
WASH; Mary, died in infancy; AL
bert, now living at Kenmare, N. D.;
Peter, living on the old homestead;
two boys named Edward and one
! named Frank, died in infancy; Mary,
now Mrs. Gust Anderson, of Mime
apolis; Emma, now Mrs. M. Young
ren, of Kandiyohi; Hulda, now Mrs.
John Olson, of Minneapolis. All those
living were present at the funeral, ex-
cept Mrs. Lundquist and Albert. The
former was too far away to reach
here; the latter had started for home,
but got on the wrong train and finally
arrived just in time to meet the people
going back from the church. Mrs.
Olson, of South Bend, Wash, had
come to help nurse her father and ar
rived just the day before the funeral,
knowing nothing Of her fathers death
till her arrival.
The funeral was held Sunday after
noon. The interment was made in the
cemetery adjoining the Swedish M. E.
church of Kandiyohi. Mr.. Wicklund
had been a member of this church
since it's organization in 1860. The
esteem and regard in which the de-
ceased had been held by the communi-
! ty and all with whom he had come in
contact was shown by the great gath
ering of people to pay their last re-
spects. The procession from the house
was about mile long, and fully as
many people from the region north
and west of the church had gone there
| directly to await the arrival of the fu-
neral cortege. There was a large del
egation from Willmar, including the
officers of the Kandiyohi County. Old
Settlers Association, of which de-
ceased had been treasurer fr ON it's Or
ganization till the present year. The
pallbearers were John Elmquist, Elias
johnson, j. J. Swenson, z. Jones,
Chas. W. Peterson and A. Westlund
All of these but the last named had
served as pallbearers at the funer..S
of Mrs. ,Wicklund, the sixth one of
them,. Nels Norman, being unable to
be present on account of illness.
| Short services were conducted at
the house by Rev. A. Carlson. At the
church Rev. j. A. Johnson of Will
mar opened with scripture reading and
prayer. Rev. Antony E. Lind fol-
lowed with an eloquent sermon, taking
for his text the description of Jacob
wrestling in the dark with the angel.
He drew from this the lesson that it is
the trials and sorrows of life that de-
velop character and therefore, if taken
in the right spirit, are our greatest
blessings. Rev. Adolph Carlson, a
former pastor of the church, paid a
touching tribute to the character of
the deceased, showing his kindly ma
ture and deep religious fervor. Rev.
S. A. Lindholm, of the Swedish Ldth-
eran Trlpolls church, also spoke OF
his acquaintance with Mr.. 'Wicklund
and of the high regard in which he
had held him. Rev. Lind then gave
a short biographical sketch of Mr..
Wicklund, and then made short
speech in English for the benefit OF
those who were unable to understand
Swedish. An opportunity was then
given those present to cast last look
at the features of their departed
friend. At the grave Rev. Lind read
the ritualistic work and Rev. Carlson
offered prayer and read: the: benedic.
tion.
| While many eulogistic remarks con.
corning the dead were made by the
speakers, the most eloquent remark