The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-02-22
DEATH OF MISS NELLIE
THOMSON AT PERU, IND.
She Was Born In Mankato;
Leaves Property To Notre
Dame School
From Mondays Daily.


The following is from newspaper
at Peru, Ind:
The death of Miss Nellie Thomson
came after much suffering and an ex-
tended illness, on Tuesday, February
5, at four o'clock in the afternoon
just a year lacking one week, after
her sister, Mrs. S. S. Brewer, passed
away. For twelve weeks Miss Thorn
son had been dangerously ill of or
ganic heart trouble, the tendency to
which was inherited, and which was
the same disease which caused the
sisters death. Two years ago in
January while living in California
Miss Thomson suffered stroke Of
paralysis from the effects of which,
however, she had recovered almost
entirely at the time of her death.
Nellie Thomson was born at Man
kato, Mimi, March 4, 1869, the older
daughter of James S. and Helen M.
Thomson, there being but two chill
dren in the family, the other one of
whom was Mary Rose Dukes Brewer
Only the mother survives Miss
Thomson was very highly educated,
speaking and writing seven languages,
the greater part of her life having
been spent in the teaching of these
languages in some of the schools and
colleges of the country. She grad
uated from the Union City high
school in Michigan and from the State
Normal at Ypsilanti, also from the
state university at Ann Arbor, and
was the possessor of several college
and university degrees. She taught
in the states of Michigan and Wis
cOnsin, coming to Indiana later where
she was member of the faculties of
the Wabash, Huntington and Peru
high schools at different periods of
her career Going west she filled SIM
liar positions at Beaumont, Texas, at
Santa Anna and Los Angeles, Calf 1t
was while living in Los Angeles, Calf
that the stroke of apoplexy came,
since which time she has been in
Peru, tenderly cared for by the aged
mother now left alone except for the
son-in-law, Mr.. Brewer, who has de-
voted himself to the two women since
Mrs. Brewers death. 1t seems one
of the cruel things of earth that a
woman of such high character and
usefulness, with such splendidly
trained mind and possessing dispo-
sition which always made her uncom-
planning and led her to look on the
bright side of things, should not lie
spared to the world which needs just
such persons almost more than it
needs anything else.
Funeral services were held mt the
home, corner Third and Wabash
street, Thursday morning at ten
o'clock, conducted by DR.. Harry Nyce,
the body being taken at eleven to In
dianapolis, for interrhent in beautiful
Crown Hill cemetery by the side of
Mrs. Brewer and other members of
the family. In funeral party were
Mrs. Thomson, Mr.. S. S. Brewer, Mrs.
Lillian McCrea, Mrs. Minnie Richter,
John F. Unger and Harry Adler, who
were met at Indianapolis by Mr. and
Mrs. John +. Brewer and J. Thad
Brewer of New Lebanon, Ind.
A letter from Samuel S. Brewer, of
Peru, to c. l.. Oleson of Mankato gives
the information that Miss Thomson
has bequeathed to the School of the
Sisters of Notre Dame three lots in
Dukes secand addition They are lot
9 block "a, lots Is and 16, block 25
They are just beyond the residence
of Frank Hoerr, on the street car
line.