Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-01
PASSES TO REST
Mrs. Mes F Jrsander, Wife OF College
Instructor, Dies at Angus
tana Hospital.
REMAINS ARE BROUGHT HOME
Funeral Services Will Be Held Tomor-
row, and All School Activities
Will Be Suspended.

Mrs. Nels Forsander, COS Thirty
eighth street, died Saturday morning
1T the Augustana hospital in Chicago,
where she was taken from her home IN
this city about a week ago to undergo
an operation for cancer of the stom-
ach. At the first examination the ply
jicians concluded that her case was
90 far advanced for relief by an opcT-
alton and that death was merely a
natter of few days at the most. She
fingered on for a week, however. be-
ore passing to her final rest. At her
leathbed were her husband, DR.. Nels
Norsander of the faculty of Augustana
college, Mrs. A. Noorbom of Sioux
City, her sister, and Mrs. Joshua Has
selquist of this city. The remains
we're brought here Saturday evening
accompanied by the relatives men
toned.
Mrs FOrsander was born in Sweden
Aug. 4. 1852, and came to this coun-
try in 1869. Six years later she was
united in marriage at Burlington, Iowa,
with DR.. Nels ForSander, who has beea
connected with Augustana college for
the last 20 years in the chair nf
church history Mrs. Forsander lived
IN this city all that time and her no.
oility of character won for her high
place in the esteem of hundreds Of
students and others connected with the
college whose good fortune it was to
become acquainted with her She is
survived by her husband and her
adopted daughter, Mrs. Emily Hammer.
gren of Moline and her sister, Mrs. A.
Norrbom of Sioux City, Iowa.
Funeral Tomorrow.
The funeral services will De held to-
| morrow afternoon at the home at
| o'clock and from the Zion Lutheran
| church at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Forsander
was a charter member of this church.
| was one of The most active of its men,
| bers in doing charitbe deeds. The
services will be conducted by Rev E.
<. Jonson of the Zion church. Burial
will take place at Chippiannock ceme-
| terry. Glasses ana all student activi-
ties at Augustana college will be sus-
| pended during the afternoon, as a
/
The services at the home will be
brief. and prayer will be offered by
Rev. o. V. Holmgrain. There will be
| four speakers at the services at the
church, and DR.. l.. G. Abrahamson will
offer the prayer. Those who will speak
are DR.. G. A. Andreen, DIR. C. E. Lind
berg, DR.. S. G. Youngert and Rev. e. X
l IN .ha1 rhor
of the services. Musical numbers will
be given by Mrs. Edla Lund.
The pail bearers are to be the fol
lowing: Rev. Jules Mauritzson and
Rev. c. ]. Bengston, representing the
clergy; Emil Bergren and Waldo Exc
berg. representing the student body ..
Augustana and Joshua Hasselquist am
| A. G. Anderson. representing the Aug
ustana Book Concern.
| Mrs. Mary j. Repine.
Mrs. Mary J. Repine. 723 Fourtl
avenue, died this morning at 5 O'Clock
from the infirmities of old age. She
was born in 1922 in West Morelant
county, Pennsylvania, and would hav,
been 81 years old February 8. She j
survived by four childrei. Margaret
Flora, Judd and Minnie. all at home
The funeral will be held Wednesda.
fternoon at o'clock from the HON
and will be private. The family re
quests that no flowers be sent
Funeral of Mrs. DeisenrOtf,.
The funeral of Mrs KATHERINE
Deisenroth, 1920 Ninth avenue, wa
held this morning from st. Mary
church. Father Adolph Geyer conduci
, ed the services which were attends
by many of Mrs Deisenroth's friends
Burial took place at Calvary cemetery
81 Sixth Ward Democrats