Warren sheaf., 1921-08-31
A YOUNG NURSE PASSES AWAY .

sff fftA81OOING NU1S<oE fASSES AWAY S.5
L The Angel Of Death passed by last
week and took. away bright and prom
Using young nurse at the Warren hos.
pital, Just as she had begun her life of /
devoted and unselfish service at the in
stitution. Elm Henrietta Swanson was
her name and she was daughter Of
Mrs. P. Joranson, of this city, by her
first marriage.
Elm was born dit Forshalla, Bohns-
Ian, Sweden, July 10, 1903. Her child
hood and young girlhood were spent in
Sweden and she arrived to join herl
mother in America Sept 1, 1919, not
quite two years ago.. Eager to learn
English she enrolled and became stu
dent at North Star College during the
winter months of 1919-2O, and q very
apt and attentive student she was. In !
the fall of 1920 she went to Adams, n, !
D., to stay with relative and entered |
the high school there, pursuing her
studies with wonderful diligence and
success. In fact her hard work there.
may have undermined her health and
impaired her power of resistance
against disease. When school closed
last June she returned to her home in
Warren and Immediately applied for adj
mission to the training school for nurses
at the Warren hospital She was ac-
cepted and felt so very happy that she
come a nurse and thereby be of real
service in this world. With the energy
and enthusiasm of youth she urged up
on her work, performing the duties as
signed to her carefully and cOnscienti-
ously. But her graduation from the
training school came sooner than she
or any one else expected. After having
been at the hospital only two or three
weeks she was taken i'll with typhoid,
the germs Of which she may have car
ried in her body for some time, no one
knows, and inS spite of everything that
medical science and careful nursing
could do for her, the malignant disease
held her in its grasp until on Friday,
Aug. 26, 1921, at one clock r. NJ, at.
ter an illness Of 13 days, her immortal
spirit took fight to the realms Of eter--,
nal peace and light. Her age was IS
years, month and 16 days.
| She is mourned by her mother and
step father, Mr.. and Mrs. p. Joranson,
I Of this city, and three brothers and two
sisters, also by one half brother and
two half sisters. The names Of her own
| brothers and sisters are as follows: Ar.
thur Swanson, of Chicago; George.
Swanson, of Pittsburgh, Pa; Herbert
Swanson and Miss Lilly Swanson, Of
Warren; and Ruth who is in Sweden.
George Swason came all the way from
lPittsburg to attend his sisters funeral
The funeral was held from the SWed-
Iish Lutheran church on Tuesday after
noon this week at two O'Clock and was
conducted by Rev. S. W..#SWenson. The IN
! church was literally packed with
1 friends who wished to pay their tribute
Of esteem and respect to the departed
young woman. The pastor preached an
impressive funeral discourse, drawing
/ many valuable lessons for the living
I from the life Of herWho had sconsecrat-
4 ed her young life to her Master BY en-
tering upon a life of service for suffer
1 ing humanity. A special song was sung
SEby the church choir and another by
4 nurses from the hospital "a profusion
4 Isof flowers adorned the beautiful coffin,
q the loving tributes Of friends, and the
4 interior Of the church was decorated
with flowers and greens. The pail bear-
lers were six young men, and m six nurses
] from the hospital attired in their cos
! TUNES, were the honorary pail bearers.
! Ia long funeral procession escorted the th
! remains from the church to- Greenwood
slcemetery where they were laid to rest
3 until the morn Of the resurrectio ion.
no the bereaved family and all who
mourn the sincere sympathy Of the
Icommunity is extended.
when we see g precious. blossom s