The Alaska citizen., 1917-02-26

| Marquam. aged forty one. wife of Thomas A. Marquam. Fairbanks. Alaska. attorney. died here today at noon
 That his wife died yesterday at noon was the word contained in wire received here shortly after iU o'clock yesterday morning from Seat tie by Thomas A. Marquam The wire came through from the coast within fifteen minutes after the death. which resulted from an at tack of meningitis, took place Mir. Marquam was not totally unprepared l for the worst, as he knew his wife's condition to be very serious, having few moments before received wire to the effect that there was no hope. A night letter received the same morning, however, from the nurse in attendance, brought assur, ances that the patient was much bet i ter. consequently the change for the worst must have taken place during the night
 Mrs. Marquam'5 death occurred at the Sheridan apartments, to which she had been removed from the hos pital when 1t was thought that she was getting better The first night after she was moved she suffered
 relapse and was too i'll to be re turned to the hospital, but after that time, until a few hours prior to her death. she continued to show i'm provement, and it was thought that she would certainly survive.
 Mrs. Marquam left Fairbanks on June 27, last year. to go to Mayo Brothers hospital at Rochester, Min 1 nesota, for the purpose of submitting | to an operation. She was operated on on October 31 and recovered to such an extent that she was able to leave the hospital on November 29. She then went east to recuperate her strength and to visit relatives in Iowa and South Dakota, returning to Seattle on January 19
 It had been Mrs. Marquam's inten- tion to go to Portland, Oregon, to spend the remainder of the winter, until the opening of navigation in Alaska. with Mir. Marquam's rela- tives. She was taken sick, however, at the home of her sister at Red mond, near Seattle, on January 23, and was taken to Providence hos pital in Seattle on January 28.
 It was not until she had been in the hospital for several days that MT, Marquam was first notified of his wife's condition, as she had steadily grown worse He promptly wired to Seattle, ordering that ev- erything possible be done for her, and during the time that she was in the hospital Doctors Lampson and Leeds, as well as three brain spe- cialiSts, were in constant attendance upon her.
 She left the hospital on February 13 in much improved condition, but suffered relapse. It was thought. however, that she would recover. hope being held out until yesterday morning, when MT. Marquam receiv- ed the wire telling of the turn for the worse and later another mes sage advising him of his wife's death
 Mrs. Marquam is survived by her husband. her son, Jack Altman, the young Tolovana mining man. three sisters and one brother at or near Seattle and one brother in Iowa. She was forty-one years of age and had been a resident of the territory since 1898, when she came north to the Kotzebue sound country. Later she resided in other parts of Alaska and had lived in Fairbanks about ten years. She therefore enjoyed very wide circle of friends and ac- Quaintances throughout the territory
 MT. MarQuam stated last night that he is waiting to be advised from Seattle concerning funeral plans. He expects to receive a wire today in that regard.