Mrs. Ervine Bristol, Dead.
Mrs. Ervine Bristol died at the hospital in Rochester, Minn., last Thursday, March 17, 1904, of pneumonia, after undergoing an operation on Saturday previous, during which she caught cold. Mrs. Bristol had been in poor health for some years and Feb. 24 went to Pine Island, Minn., to visit her people and from there went to the hospital. She was born Aug. 20, 1867.
Miss Frankie Sterling was married to Ervine Bristol Dec. 25, 1887 and to this union was born six children, five of whom with her husband, survive her.
Mr. Bristol started to see his wife upon receiving a telegram that she was not expected to live, but her death had already occurred before he left Valentine. Mrs. Jessie Kapp, a sister, was with her during her last illness and at death. The deceased was brought back to Valentine Tuesday night and the funeral held at the M. E. church, Wednesday, after which the interment took place at the Kewanee cemetery followed by a large concourse of relatives and friends despite the bad weather.
Mrs. Benj. Pont, a sister of the deceased, from Stanton, Neb., and Mr. Bristol's sister, Mrs. Luella Weeks, of Haywarden, were present at the funeral.
Joe Bristol and wife, of Airle, Minn., uncle of Ervine's arrived this morning to visit with the Bristol's, arriving a day too late for the funeral of Mrs. Bristol.
THE DEMOCRAT extends sympathy to the bereaved relatives.
Mrs. Ervine Bristol, Dead.
Mrs. Ervine Bristol died at the hospital in Rochester, Minn., last Thursday, March 17, 1904, of pneumonia, after undergoing an operation on Saturday previous, during which she caught cold. Mrs. Bristol had been in poor health for some years and Feb. 24 went to Pine Island, Minn., to visit her people and from there went to the hospital. She was born Aug. 20, 1867.
Miss Frankie Sterling was married to Ervine Bristol Dec. 25, 1887 and to this union was born six children, five of whom with her husband, survive her.
Mr. Bristol started to see his wife upon receiving a telegram that she was not expected to live, but her death had already occurred before he left Valentine. Mrs. Jessie Kapp, a sister, was with her during her last illness and at death. The deceased was brought back to Valentine Tuesday night and the funeral held at the M. E. church, Wednesday, after which the interment took place at the Kewanee cemetery followed by a large concourse of relatives and friends despite the bad weather.
Mrs. Benj. Pont, a sister of the deceased, from Stanton, Neb., and Mr. Bristol's sister, Mrs. Luella Weeks, of Haywarden, were present at the funeral.
Joe Bristol and wife, of Airle, Minn., uncle of Ervine's arrived this morning to visit with the Bristol's, arriving a day too late for the funeral of Mrs. Bristol.
THE DEMOCRAT extends sympathy to the bereaved relatives.
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