The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-29
Rapidan>Decoria

DR.. Kelly of Mankato made pro
! fessional trip to the J. D. Little home
| Thursday evening, being called there
by the illness of Mrs. Little.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Erickson were
calling at the parental home of the
latter's Mr.. and Mrs. Paul GRANDSON
Sunday afternoon.
| Since writing the first of these it.
ems the weather has changed, rain :
ing Saturday and Sunday, putting all
farm work at a standstill and the
roads in bad shape again.
/ School opened again on Monday af-
ter being closed the past three weeks
on account of the prevailing cpl
demic, influenza.
! Very sad indeed was the message
that came to the Hans Knutson fam
lily of Decoria last Saturday evening,
November 8, from Camp Cody, N M.
saying that their son and brother,
Albert Knutson, had passed away
that day at 1 p. m. He was taken
sick on November 2 and entered the
base hospital where he lay very ill
for one week with influenza followed
by bronchial pneumonia. Albert was
born in DecOria township on Febru-
airy "a, 1897, on the farm where he
spent the twenty one years of his
young life. He was called to serve
his country and left on October %
eral messages came saying Mr.. Knut-
son was i'll and on Friday one came
saying he was better but not out of
danger. His sister Clara Immediately
started for his bedside but on her
arrival there on Sunday she was
shocked to learn that he had died on
Saturday afternoon. The remains
arrived in Mankato Thursday even
ing and private funeral services were
held from the Kelly and Gosewisch
undertaking parlors on Friday at p.
M, and were laid to rest in the
Swedish cemetery at that place. He
leaves to mourn him father and
mother, one brother Chris, three
sisters, namely Misses Clara and
Hannah at home and sister, Mrs.
Ernest Hollgren at Minneapolis.
Though his life was short it was
spent in loving obedience and service
to the family and friends and ur-
questioned loyalty to his country and
his God, ever ready to do his duty
without complaint. 1t is indeed sad
when we see the young men, the
very pride of their family hearts
taken away in the full bloom of man
hood. To the writer it seems but
CT e.;r,
man was attending the Norwegian
school in Mankato and was con-
firmed there Those who attended the
funeral from away were Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest, Hollgren and little daughter
Marion, of Minneapolis, Mrs. Albert:
Erlandson of Franklin, Mimi. aunt
of the deceased and I. A. Confer of
Minneapolis. Deceased had many
friends and school mates all of whom
are saddened by his early death.
With all sincerity we wish to extend
to the sorrowing relatives our most
heartfelt sympathy in this dark hour
of sadness. it iS Ieu5.
'Tis hard to speak those simple
yt words, tlof5 snJbgos
And say, Goods will be done"
TITS sad to think in this lifegEF roTL
That him We'll meet no more, uoat
Until. from, earth Cod call us x15Iu
And we, reach that distant shore.ata /
t,gFrifeaT,,.,t 4,iaiHa 81 O. a.gour |
We, ;gazed upon his peacefulrfaces III
In the calm repOse of death, 81 So Q /
Tg Corn husking is a tedious job since
the snow, rains and the three weeks
of continued clOI1dy weather TT
made the roads very bad but they
are smoothing up somewhat now but
the fields are still very soft.
Ed Tarierson has had number of
teams hauling potatoes to Good
Thunder the past week from where
they were shipped.
The influenza made its first ap-
pearance in this heighborhod some
four weeks ago. The Paul and Ed
ward Erlandson families have had a
siege of it and Miss Amy Erickson
has recovered from it, she being the
only one in that family to have it so
Ear. The Ed Tarjerson family con-
sisting of four have all suffered it's
effects except little Mary who es
capped having it. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Cotton and two children have been.
very ill with the same disease. DR..
Schlesselman has been in attendance
at the Cotton and Tarjerson homes.
While God above looked down with
love
All from that Heavenly throne
Upon his faithful servant
And called dear Albert home.