The Wrangell sentinel., 1923-07-19
MRS. THIELE
 PASSES AWAY
 AT JUNEAU
Florence Nightengale of
 the North" Is Dead.

JUNEAU - MTS. MdTy lnelle wife of Karl Theile, Surveyor Gen. eral and Secretary of Alaska. passed on at 4:30 o'clock Tuesday morn. ing at St. Ann's hospital, from post partum hemorrhage, following the birth of nine-pound baby boy al o'clock. Mrs. Teile suffered little pain. Shortly after the birth of hei son she realized the joy of mother. hood as she elasped the tiny mite oi humanity to her breast, her face aglow with happiness. before hel losing fight to live She was in tho hospital only one and one-hali hours before her son was born, hay. ing been taken there at 2:3O o'clock from the Theile home on the High way.
 The baby is in the best of health and is in the care of Miss Cornel- jus, trained nurse at the hospital.
 Mrs. Theile was one of the best known and most loved of women in the north. A trained nurse by pro- fession, she spent number of years in Alaska in the service of the T. S. Bureau of Education and by her fearlessness in going where all oth- CTS held back, to give aid to the sick and needy, her name has long been known in this country and in the States as the Florence Nightengale of the North"
 Mrs. Theile was born at Deer Lodge, Montana, in 1889. She lived most of her life in the West. Her maiden name was Mary Conley. She was married in Juneau, March 19 1922, at the Governors House to Karl Theile She spent a short time at the local government hospital here the previous fall and gave her service in the Kuskokwim and Bris- tol Bay districts through the winter
 Driving dog teams over the snows making her way in an open boat down the dangerous rivers of the Kuskokwim country, Mrs. Theile when she was in the government service as nurse, few years ago fought all obstacles to bring health and happiness to the Indians. Dur ing the dnfluenza epidemic in the northwest country she was an un- tiring worker and underwent un- told hardships to save the lives of the men and women and little chill dren who placed all faith in her care of theM
 The Juneau Empire contained the following account of Mrs. Theile's funeral
 Services in the memory of Mrs Mary Theile, wife of the Surveyor General and Secretary of Alaska who died yesterday morning fol lowing the birth of baby son. were held at o'clock this afternoon at the Governors House. The rooms were filled with the sorrowine friends of Mrs. Theile. Beautiful floral offerings completely surround. ed the casket.
 Dr. s. Hall Young gave the serv- ice, paying beautiful tribute to the memory of Mrs. Theile, whose deeds while she lived merited honor for the highest type of womanhood. The music of the services were given by w. E. Novel;, with violin solo.
 At the request of her husband in the memory of the beautiful work finer life. Mrs. .~Theile was dressed in her nurses uniform of the Ameri- can Red Cross, of which she was a member, actively continuing her work in Juneau as Chairman of the Public Health Service, Juneau Chap ter American Red Cross.
 The services at the Governors House were continued, by prayer, at the grave, interment being in Elks' Plot. Evergreen Cemetery.
 The pail bearers were: Judge James Wickersham, w w. Casey, ST., H. I. Lucas, Guy McNaughton. J. D. Helps and Dr. L. P. Dawes.
 The honorary pail bearers were: Judge T. M. Reed. Dr. W. A. Bor- land. H. R. Shepard, Nels Sorby, LocEie MacKinnon, Martin George, Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff and J. Hell lenthal.
 In respect to the memory fo Mrs. Theile all Federal and Territorial offices and all local offices and stores were closed from 2:30 until 3:30 o'clock this afternoon.