The Redwood gazette., 1918-01-09
Doctor Emma
SChOlz AIdriCh

In the passing of Doctor Emma
Scholz Aldrich, not only Belview but
the entire north half of Redwood
County loses an individual who has
been very necessary to it's welfare.
Her skill as a physician has made
her name a household word in hun
dreds of homes when sickness came
upon some members of these many
families; but it was not cold skill that
has given her such a place in the
hearts and lives of this community.
No, coupled with her ability was a
warm-heated and kindly sympathy
that found it's way into the affections
of her patients. This was true to
such an extent that one middle-aged
man remarked that "in sickness she
was a mother to the whole commun-
ity.'' Certain it is that her work has
left an indelible stamp upon the we'll
being of this vicinity. Personlly, her
memory may in large measure be
forgotten in decade; but the work
she has done to the physical advan-
tage of her patients will always live.
1t can not die; for who can over-esti-
mate the value of the human lives
which would have been distinguished,
were it not for the skill which she
brought to bear in the treatment of
them
But it was not only in a profess
sional way that she will he missed.
Those who were fortunate enough to
have won her friendship had in her
a true friend; for her friendship was
not of the weather" Sort Nay,
rather when the storms of tribula-
tion overlook her friends was she
most helpful and kind Although with
the advent of trouble others might
forget and forsake, she remained 10y
al. To hear the parting Farewell
from such friend is hard indeed to
bear; for "what nobler pleasure hath
life than that of friendship"
AS to the outstanding facts in her
life, she was born at Lake Zurich, IL
linois, on June 1, 1874 After grad
uating from the public and high
schools at that place, she ent cred the
Chicago Homeopathic Medical Col
lege. She was one of the four wom-
en- to be graduated by that college
in the first class admitting her sex.
After her graduation in May, 1902,
she declined an interneship in grad
uate hospital in Chicago. After pass
ing successfully in that year the
Minnesota State Board xamine tions,
she practlced for one year at Mon
ticello, MINI. At that place she joined
the Methodist Church and at the time
Of her death held her ca rd of mem
bership in that congregation. On Au-
gust 9Th, 1913, she was married to
DR.. F. H. Aldrich at the home of her
parents in Lake Zurich, Illinois.
Thereafter they made their home at
Belview where both have since prac-
ticed medicine. Her death occurred
Sunday afternoon, December 80, at
$50. She is survived by her hus-
band, Dr. F. H. Aldrich and her little
son Herrick, and by her aged par
ents together with three sisters and
neighborhood of her home town with
the exception of one sister living at
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and another
sister, Miss Ada Scholz, of Belview.
With regard to medical affiliations,
she was member of the Camp Re-
lease Medical Society, the Minnesota
State Medical Society, and the Amer
lean Medical Association. Her high
standing in her profession is attested
to by the fact that she is Vice-presi-
dent of the National Medical Wom-
ems Association of Minnesota.
Long drives into the country on
cold winter nights which she willing
ly made at the expense of her own
health to alleviate the suffering of
some one else are proofs of her de-
votion to the profession as we'll as
of her love for humanity. In these
turbulent times her love of human
ity as we'll as her splendid patriot
ism are clearly visible in the offer
she made to the United States to &C
anywhere for service that her gov
ernment might desire.-Contributed