Mrs. Louisa Arnold Smith, 75, a native of the town of Schleswig, died Friday in Oroville, Calif., following a long illness. Born in the town of Schleswig on June 27, 1887, she was the daughter of Jacob and Anna Arnold. She attended school in Kiel, was graduated from Kiel High School and attended Oshkosh State College for two years. A schoolteacher, Mrs. Smith taught for a year at Kiel, and in schools in South Dakota, Seattle, Wash., and until her retirement, in San Francisco. She settled in Oroville after her marriage.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Anna Frisch of Jacksonville, Calif., and Mrs. Sophia Cosgrove of Oakland, Calif.; four brothers, Arthur and Milton of Menomonee Falls, Wis., James of Hutchinson, Kan., and Frederick of Des Plaines, Ill. She was preceded in death by two brothers.
Mrs. Smith was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Yerha-Bubsa Chap. 228, San Francisco, and a past matron of the chapter.
Funeral services will be held at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home in Kiel, the Rev. Vernon E. Jaberg, pastor of St. Peter United Church of Christ, Kiel officiating. Burial will be made in Schleswig cemetery in Rockville.
Mrs. Louisa Arnold Smith, 75, a native of the town of Schleswig, died Friday in Oroville, Calif., following a long illness. Born in the town of Schleswig on June 27, 1887, she was the daughter of Jacob and Anna Arnold. She attended school in Kiel, was graduated from Kiel High School and attended Oshkosh State College for two years. A schoolteacher, Mrs. Smith taught for a year at Kiel, and in schools in South Dakota, Seattle, Wash., and until her retirement, in San Francisco. She settled in Oroville after her marriage.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Anna Frisch of Jacksonville, Calif., and Mrs. Sophia Cosgrove of Oakland, Calif.; four brothers, Arthur and Milton of Menomonee Falls, Wis., James of Hutchinson, Kan., and Frederick of Des Plaines, Ill. She was preceded in death by two brothers.
Mrs. Smith was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Yerha-Bubsa Chap. 228, San Francisco, and a past matron of the chapter.
Funeral services will be held at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home in Kiel, the Rev. Vernon E. Jaberg, pastor of St. Peter United Church of Christ, Kiel officiating. Burial will be made in Schleswig cemetery in Rockville.
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