New Britain herald., 1927-09-28
.DR. FROMEN'S FUNERAL
 TAKES PLACE FRIDAY
Body to Lie in State at First Lutheran
 Church

Funeral services for Dr. Ernst
 Iheodor Fromen. who died yester- day Of pneumonia, will be held Fri 1 day. Prayers will be said at the
 home, 325 West Main street, at II
 o'clock a. m.. after which the body
 will be taken to the First Lutheran church where it will He in state un- Ill ? o'clock when obsequies will be conducted by Rev. Dr. Abel 4. Ahl-
 Quist. pastor, and Rev. Dr. Maurit2 Stolne, an intimate friend of the ! family. lnterment will be in Fair NleW cemetery.
 i Dr. Fromen was a great lover of music and ConnoisSeur of art His knowledge of musical compositions and composers was remarkable His literary attainments were great and varied having produced both prose and poetic writings of note. The li- hrarv which Dr. t'romen collected probably has not an equal in our city as to the richness of its material. As a surgeon Dr. Fromen was bril- liant. He was a pioneer in the use .of local anaesthesia in modern sur gery. His toll, skill and endeavor went to the public. whom he served untiringly and unselfshly. He exer- ciSed a definite and lasting influence on surgical science in New Britain.
 Dr. Fromen was born in kalmar, sweden, September 21, 1866. His fIt bpr '1 Tho1In- men and his mothers maiden name was Mathilda Janson.
 Dr. Fromen graduated from the University of Lund in 1886. He came to America in 1892. He took up studies in medicine at Marquette university, Milwaukee. Wis. gradu- ating in 1S91. He had been a, sur @oon at the New Britain General hos pital since 1903 and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons since 1922, being the only one of his col leagues in New Britain who had that distinction. He was a member of inc American Medical association. the Connecticut State Medical asso- ciation the Hartford County Medi- cal association. and the New Britain Medical association.
 Dr. fromen made two trips abroad since coming to New Britain for pur- poses of study. in 1908 and 1914 He visited Sweden, Germany, France and Italy last year
 Dr. t'romen was married In 1898. The nearest surviving relatives are his widow, a son. daughter. his aged father in Sweden who has at tained to the ripe old age of 9 years, two brothers and sister.
 He was an active and influential member Of the First Lutheran a member Of the Kiwanis club and one of it's first directors. He was member of the New Brit ain club.
 The daughter. Ingeborg, arrived home just before her fathers death and the son, Lars. arrived this morn ing from Evanston. Ill.,. where he is a student at Northwestern uniyer- sity.
 Tributes 10 Dr. Fromen were paid IN ltSlutllI .h " iIu ol tll' NJ wanis club and Dr. A. $. Grant, a di- rector of the club and past prrsi- dent of the New Britain Medical so- ciety at the meeting of the Kiwanis club today at noon.
 Mir. Ward stated that Dr. Fromen was a leader in his profession, and a man of broader gauge than the average. He pointed out that the late physician and surgeon had other distinguishing characteristics be- sides that of being leader in his profession. He spoke of his unusual of music and the lives of old masters.
 Referring briefly to the death of the late pr. Henry T. Bray, who was q vice-president of the Kiwanis clu when he died, Mr. Ward said it was unfortunate that two men of such value to the community, both of whom were leaders in the club, should be the first two kiwanians to be claimed by death.
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