Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-02-09
MRS. W. S. TH0M
PASSES AWAY
SPINAL MENINGITIS is THE
CAUSE OF DEATH
TUESDAY

On Tuesday night, February 8, 1922
at 1890 o'clock Mrs. Katharine Bis
sell Thorn passed away at her home in
this city after an illness of three
weeks of cerebral spinal meningitis.
At the outset she was afflicted with a
severe cold, not considered serious,
but which developed into that for
midable illness which seldom fails
to exact the toll of death.
The best of medical. experts OBJ
tainable, the work of loving hands III
administering to her every want and
care, prolonged what seemed to be
the inevitable For a fortnight her
life hung upon very slender thread,
but the family, relatives and friends
were sustained with the hope of re-
covery by constant changes in her
condition. The sad announcement of
her death Wednesday morning brought
sorrow and anguish to the hearts of
ali who knew her.
Much of her life was spent in Wau
sau and the memory of its sweetness;
its unselfsh devotion to home, fam
lily and friends; its constant endeavor
to bring happiness and service to 9th
ers, brought to her a, very wide circle
of friends, and won for her deserved
popularity
Death overtakes us at all stages of
life. To those who have reached their
allotted time on earth, ii is accepted as
an inexorible law of nature, but when
Ii comes to youth, at time when life
is expanding into the big things of
existence, il can only be explained
and understood by the revelations OF
eternity.
Mrs Katharine Bissell Thorn was
the daughter of Walter Fl. Bissell, ST.,
the well known and prominent lum-
herman of our city. She was born in
Schofield, Wis, on the first day of
August, 1888 and with her parents lat
er went to Arbor Vitae, returning to
Wausau in 1903. She was graduated
from the Wausau High school in 1906
and then attended Vassar college at
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, graduating from
that institution of learning in 1910.
United in marriage with Winfield S.
Thorn in this city on June 2Sth, 1916,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thorn went to Amigo to
reside where the former was inter-
ested with the Langlade Lumber com
pany. They returned to make Wausau
their home last fall, Mr.. Thorn having
associated himself with John Adams
in the lumber business here
The deceased is survived by her hus-
band and three children, Margaret
Bissel Thorn. Julia Helen Thorn and
Mary Elizabeth Thorn. also by her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Walter III. Bis
sell, Sr., of this city, two sisters, Mrs.
w. w. Gamble, of Wausau and Mrs
Benjamin Stone of Tripoli, Wis. and
three brothers, Frank Bissell, of
Marshfield, John Bissell of Laurel,
Miss. and Walter II. Bissell, Jr. who
is attending Exeter In the east.
Mrs. Thorn was a devoted member
and an active worker in the First
Presbyterian church of this city. She
was very much attached to Sunday
school work and for some time prior
&c her marriage was in charge of the
primary department
Funeral services will be hela at Csc
o'clock Friday afternoon from the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. W. III. Bissell.
504 Mclndoe street, the Rev. f. W.
Eastwood, pastor of the First Presby-
terrain church. officiating. Intermcnt
Will be in Pine Grove cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bissell of
Marshiield, Mr.. and Mrs. John Bis
sell of Laurel Miss, Ben Stone of
Tripoli, and Walter H. Bissell, Jr.,
who is attending college in the east.
have arrived in the city as well as
Murray Bissell, of Eseanaba. Mich.
an older brother of W. H. Bissell.
Mrs. Benz, Stone has been here during
part of her sisters illness. Others
who will be here for the funeral are
j. u, Mylrea of Rhinelander and Mr.
and Mrs f. Sterling OF White Lake.