Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-12-25
MRS. FRED FORSBNRG.

MRS. FRED FORsBnRG. ~@ =
e. Mrs. Forsberg, beloved wife 81 Fred
FOrsberg, passed away ct her home
at 4:15 1st St. East last Saturday,
December 81, after an illness OF two
weeks, beginning with Influenza and
developing rapidly into pneumonia to
which she succumbed, as above men,
toned, after intense suffering. Mrs.
FOrsberg was a woman of unusual
good health of cheerful and happy dis
position, the last one would think, to
be overcome by disease. Therefore
1t was a great shock to all who knew
her, when they learned the sad truth.
Lutina Wilhelmina Rosenqust was
born. January 8, 1886. She was the
youngest child of Mr.. and Mrs. Nels
Rosenquist of Lake Elizabeth. She
spent her happy girlhood days on the
farm home Of that township, attended
the public schools there and the High
School at Atwater. She was confirm
ed at the Swedish Lutheran church at
Atwater, and faithful member of the
Lutheran church wherever she lived.
The Doth day of May 1904 she was
married to Fred Forsberg of Litchfield
where they lived the first seven years
after their marriage. Then they NOV
ed to Foley, MINI. where they resid-
ed for two years, and since then five
years in Willmar. One child blessed
this union. Harold, Is years Of
age. Beside the husband and son,
the deceased is mourned by a widow
ed mother, who had come to spend
Christmas with her daughter, but must
needs watch at her bedside instead;
devoted sisters and brothers and many
relatives, among them, her uncles,
Messrs. c. A. and G. A. Glader of At
water and her aunts, Mesdames c. P.
Quist and Hall of the same place. The
sisters and brothers are, two half sis
ters, Mrs. Chas. Johnson of Mihnea-
polls, and Mrs. VIM. Peterson of At
water, and sisters, Minnie, Mrs. AL
fred Bloom of Chisago Lake; Nellie,
Mrs. Geo. Hedtke of Anoka, Mimi;
Tilda, Mrs. Densmore of Hawley,
Mimi; Emily, Mrs. Tom Wheeler from
near Raymond; and Lille, Mrs. AL
bert Hedberg at Froid, Mont; four
brothers, Andrew of Hoffman, Mimi;
Jones of Minneapolis; France of
Litchfield and Lewis on the home farm
in Lake Elizabeth. On account of the
prevailing epidemic thruOut the coun.
try and in several of the homes Of the
relatives, many of them have not been
able to attend the funeral service
which was held today at 10 o'clock
at the home. A male trio sang two
appropriate songs. The pail bearers
from the house were Lewis Johnson,
Martin BlOOmquist, Eben Lawson and
Alfred Olson.
The remains we're taken to Atwater
where the interment was made in the
Swedish Lutheran cemetery, Rev. LIE
Wander of Atwater officiating. The
pail bearers there were cousins of the
departed one. There was a profusion
of beautiful flowers from relatives and
friends from far and near.
Peace be to her memory
ALBERT KELLY-MRS. ALBERT
KELLY.
The Kelly home at 81, 7th St. E..
is entirely broken up since the pass
ing away Of both the husband and
wife of that once happy family.
Albert Kelly, stationary fireman in
the G. N. round house of this city,
passed away from the results of the
influenza Dec. II at 1920 in the even.
ing. He was born in England April
Is, 1880. He was buried at Fairview
Dec. IA, Rev. Erickson Of Maynard
officiating.
Mrs. Emma Eleanore, wife of the
late Albert Kelly succumbed to the
same disease as her husband only a
week after her husbands death Dec.
10. The strain and worry during his
illness and death was more than the
poor wife could stand. She was born
in the state Of Illinois May 9, 1891 and
was at the time of her death q years,
months and 9 days. Though she
had been a deformed cripple for life
She was always cheerful and happy,
never complaining, an object lesson
for all who knew her. She was the
mother of one child, a sweet baby of
few months. The sympathy of all
are felt for the little one who has so
suddenly lost both It's parents. Mrs.
Kelly's uncle, Rev. N b. Erickson of
Maynard, came up and took charge of
the arrangements for the burial of
both his niece and her husband. The
remains of Mrs Kelly was inferred at
Fairview cemetery on Thursday after
noon, Rev. N. B. Erickson officiated
MRS. SELMA BENTZEN.
Mrs. Bentzen who for the last three
months has been employed at the
Annex Hotel of Willmar, was another
victim of the Influenza that developed
into pneumonia, last week.
She passed away at hospital here
last Tuesday, Dec. Is. She was thirty
four years of age. Is mourned by her
little son Svere, nine years old.
What is known of Mrs. Bentzen
here, is that, she came to Willmar
with her little boy several years ago,
without friends and without a home.
Her life story is sad one. Having
married unfortunately, she was COM
PEELED to leave her husband She was
industrious, and of good Christian
character, seeking the best environ
ment for herself and child always
She has worked at different places in
Willmar and in the country, also at
the Bethesda Home at Eagle Lake.
Her plans for the future had recently
become brighter and she was happy