The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-01-20
SHE sUccUMBED TO AN ATTACK
OF PNEUMONIA.
Has Not Been in the Best of Health
for Some Time; She Was Max.
ing Preparations to Go to
Phoenix, Arizona, Where Her
Husband Made Arrangements to
Go Into Business.
From Fridays Daily.

| TIuSUdHu "duc arrangements 10
Go Into Business.
From Fridays Daily.
Mrs. w. w. p. Mcconnell passed
away at Emmanuel hospital at seven
! o'clock last evening, from an at
tack of pneumonia, with heart COM
plications. She had never been
strong, and three years ago, while
temporarily residing in Bookings, S.
d., she took severe cold, and was
obliged to return to Mankato and
enter a hospital, where she remained
! four months. This left her with
chronic bronchitis, and her health
! has been very feeble since On the
! advice of her physician, she was pre-
Mr.. Mcconnell went there two
months ago to look up suitable
location for her, and decided upon
Phoenix, Arizona, and engaged in
business there, rented house, and
sent for Mrs. Mcconnell to join him.
She was to have left Tuesday Of
this week, accompanied by her maid.
and spent Monday packing her
trunks, as she was planning to do
light housekeeping. 1t is believed
chat she took cold while so doing,
for that day she came down with
pneumonia and was taken to the hos
pital that evening. Yesterday she
failed rapidly.
| Mr.. Mcconnell Notified.
AS soon as Mrs. McConnells con-
| dition became serious, her husband
was notified at Phoenix, and he
started for home, and was to have
been at San Antonio, Texas, today,
and q telegram was sent to him
| there last night, informing him Of
his wife's death.
| Mrs. McConnelps maiden name
was Harriet n. Clark, and she was
! born at Pewaukee, Wis, siXty.nine
years ago last month. She completed
her education at Madison, Wis, and
taught school at Neosha Falls, Kan
saS, where an uncle resided. Mr.. Nc
Connell was then engaged in the dry
goods business at Neosha Falls. and
/. it was there that the two first met.
Their marriage occurred there a lit
tie over forty years ago. and four
children were born to them there,
but all died young, the last one in
Mankato.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mcconnell moved
from NeOsha Falls to Duluth in
1878, and the former engaged in the
dry goods business there. Later, thew
moved to Minneapolis, where Mr..
! Mcconnell engaged in the same kind
{ Of business, and about the wear 1878
they moved to Mankato, and have
resided here ever since. Mr.. Nc
Council engaged in the drygoods
business in this city and followed
1t for many years.
Member of Congregational Church.
Mrs. Mcconnell was a member Of
the congregational church, and was
most devoted in her service. She
participated in all of the beneyO-
fences OF the church, and possessed
Keen desire to assist in all chart
table work. She made it a nrac-
tice to lay aside certain sum each
year for this purpose, and never
used any of this money for any
other purpose. She was active in
the work of the Sunday school. as
long as her health permitted. She
VIII be greatly missed in her church
as well as in all circles in which
she moved.
Mrs. Mcconnell for many wears
made 1T practice to spend the win
| ters at Neosha Falls. While she was
teaching there, her parents moved
there. and she would reside with them
Tor six months, and they, in turn.
would come to Mankato and visit
their daughter during the six warmer
months. Mr.. Clark died several
years ago
Cousin Died in Minneapolis.
Mrs. McConnelrs family were
given to heart trouble, several diving
suddenly and others lingering longer
only yesterday word came of tho
sudden death from heart disease or
her cousin. Mr.. Clark, in Minneapo-
lis. She. herself, suffered more or
less from it, and considering her en-.
feebled condition of late, those near
est to her feared the worst when
1t became known that she had pneu.
mona. She lost consciousness YES.
terday afternoon and her end was
painless and was like passing from
sleep.
There probably was not better
posted Biblical student in Mankato
than the deceased, and she made a
long and beautifully prepared COM
pilation of the words of Christ and
of the Apostles, which has been
[ handsomely bound. Mrs. Mcconnell
was very fond of reading, and kept
abreast of the times through her pa
pers and magazines. She was DOS
sessed OF delicate, sensitive nature
that held her friends warmly at.
| tached to her.
Was a Cultured Lady.
She was cultured and possessed
many of those accomplishments that
go to make the home attractive. she
was loving wife, and kind friend
and her death will be great loss
to he l,vxr1 xN