Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-01-23
Died

Morrison county for the last thirty
five years and we'll known here, died
Tuesday afternoon at $3.50 at the City
Hospital, Minneapolis, from peritonitis
He had been ill but short time and
! entered the hospital Monday, submit
ting to an operation. Mr.. Crosland was
SIS years old. =
Mr.. Crosland was born in Concord
Wis.,, March IL, 1865. He was the
youngest son of Michael and Lucinda
Crosland. early settlers of Wisconsin,
who came from Ohio. Thirty-five
years ago he came to Morrison county
and in 1892 he was married to Lydia
Pelkey at Little Falls. She died the
following year, leaving an infant son
| who is now in st. Paul.
Most of Mr.. Crosland life was
spent at construction work, particu
larly railroad construction and irriga
tion projects in the west.
Five sisters and three brothers sur
vive him. They are Mrs. Sarah Alt
wies of Watertown, Wis; Mrs. Mary
Dunlap of Downing, Wis; Mrs. Caro-
line Bradt and Charles Crosland Of Lit
tie Falls; Mrs. F. NJ. Holsapple OF
Brainerd; Harvey Crosland of Maringo
H., A. E. Crosland and Mrs. G. H. Tay
lor of Snohomish, Wash. He also
leaves a nephew, Sherman Crosland, Jr.
and niece, Mrs. Queene M. Hansen
both of Little Falls.
! Mr.. Cxosland was member of the
Woodman lodge of Royalton and of the
Odd Fellows lodge of Minneapolis.
The remains arrived in Little Fails
last evening and were taken to the
home of his sister, Mrs. Bradt, 4Os
Fourth Avenue northeast. The fun
eral will be held from this address to-
morrow afternoon at 2 O'Clock. Rev
Philip E.. Gregory officiating. Inter
ment will be-in Oakland cemetery.
Miss Madge Parks died Monday af
ternoon at l O'Clock at her home in
this city from paralysis. She hat
been ill about three months.
Miss Parks was born at Elk Rive1
28 years ago. She has lived in Little
Falls for number Of years and grad
! uated from the local high school IL
1911.
The surviving relatives are he1
| parents, four sisters and one brother
The sisters are Mrs. G.. Elk, Sylvia
Emma and Evelyn and the brother il
Forest.
The funeral was held from the Con
gregational church Wednesday after
noon at 3 o'clock, Rev. Gregory offici
ating. Interment was in Oakland
| cemetery.
Joseph W. Kennedy of Bemidji dice
Monday at his home there from pneu
monia, after a brief illness. He was AZ
years old.
Mr.. Kennedy is survived by his agec
father who lives at Randall and by
several brothers and sisters, among
whom are Mrs. Forrest Noggle Of Roy
alton and Mrs. A. v. Mccarthy OF
saltwater.
The remains arrived in this city yes
terday morning and the funeral was
| held from St. Francis Xaxler churcf
yesterday at am, Fir. A. Lamothe OF
| ficiating. Interment was in Calvary
cemetery.
| Charles D. Gedney died Sunday al
his home on Second avenue southeast
from tuberculosis. He was 81 years old
Mr.. Gcdney was born in New Yorl
in 1868. He came to Minnesota il
1881, locating in Green Prairie, thi
county, where he lived until twelv'
years ago, when he moved to Littl
Falls. Mr.. Gedney was married tt
Mrs. Mary Peters in 1903.
| The funeral was held from the Unio1
church, Green Prairie, Tuesday morn
ing at 1880, DR.. E. B. Service officiat
ing. Interment was in the Greer
Prairie cemetery.