The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-04-11
MISS BAKER DIES
AT NICHOLSON
HEART FAILURE FOLLOWS At.
TACK OF PNEUMONIA
Was Soon to Be Married to coqswelI
Young Man-Very Popular Young
Lady of Community

Bernice Baker. daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs j. X. Baker, died very suddenly
at the home of her parents at Nichol-
son, Sunday morning. April 9TH, at
G:15. The cause of her death was
heart failure, following an attack OF
pneumonia. Very few of her friends
knew she had been i'll and no one con-
sidcrcd her condition at all serious, so
the news of her death came as IA great
shock, and Il sense of sudden and IT.
reparable loss settled over the entire
community.
Bernice Susie Baker was born at
LaCrcscent, Minnesota, September 10,
1892. being at the time of her death
% years, 6 months and 2S days She
spent the first years Of her life in
Minnesota and moved TO North Dako-
tn with her parents when five years
old. She has lived at Nicholson, the
present home of her parents, most of
the time for about eighteen years.
She attended school at I.iIgcrwood
Tor four years, entering the eighth
grade and graduating from Lidgcr-
wood high school in 1910 with first
honors i'm her class Sl" remained
with her parents who lived in Ldsrr-
wood for Il couple nt years and studied
music. She attended Iillsbury Acad-
cmy in 1913, Specializing in water
color and china painting and contin-
ued her music She attended the Chi
cago Art Institute during the winter Of
1916 and 1917, receiving first prize
for china painting the last named
year. She has also received several
first prizes in the state for her water
color paintings.
A very sad circumstance of her
death at this time is the fact that she
was to have been married on April
18th to Duffy 0. Rustad, cashier Of
Cogswell State Bank. She was
laid away in her wedding dress, wear
ing her wedding ring.
The funeral services were held at
home of her parents at 1890 and at
the M. E. church at Cogswell at 300,
Wednesday, April 10TH Rev. L. F.
Movius of Lidgerwood, an old friend
of the family had charge of the SER
vices assisted by Rev. Chappell of M.
r. church Cogswell and Rev. Hofstad
of the Lutheran church. Interment
was made in Sargent cemetery The
pallbearers were practically all old
schoolmates, four being from Lidger-
wood, Mort Benson. Leonard Wir-
tenberger, Clarence Movius and Char
les Kocourek. and two from Cogswell
Arthur Rossberg and Harvey Web
ster.
The flowers sent by loving friends
and relatives, the beautiful, express
very feebly the real sorrow and SYM
pathy for dear ones who are left. Sew
eral floral designs, including a
wreath from the Order of Railroad
Telegraphers, a star from the Cogs-
well Eastern Star and the Gates Ajar
from Lidgerwood high school alumni.
besides many bouquets from numer-
GUS friends tell better than words the
real esteem of many friends.
Out of town people who attended the
funeral are Mrs. Estella Cowan. of La
Moille, Minnesota, grandmother; Mr..
Dell Baker and daughter, Margaret Of
Dresbach, Minnesota. uncle and cous-
in; Mr.. Ed. Baker Dakota, Minnesota,
uncle; Mr.. John Donehower, Dakota,
Minnesota, uncle; Mr.. II. c. Done
hover, Aberdeen S. d., uncle; Mr.. and
Mrs. II. f. Donehower, Lidgerwood.
uncle and aunt; Miss Grace Babcock,
Lidgerwood: DR.. Frank Babcock, Cum
berland, Wisconsin; Mrs. o. A. Rustad
and Mrs. L. II. Hating of Dalton, Min
nesota; A. o. Rustad. Fergus Falls,
Minnesota, mother sister and brother,
and A. 7. Rustad. Graceville, Minne-
sofa, cousin; and !. O. Swenson Of
Fergus Falls, Minnesota.