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DEATH TAKES MRS. DICKSONWell Known Galva Woman Dies After Few Days Illness—Funeral Will be Friday.Death has saddened another Gafva j home. ]Mrs. Joe F. Dickson, one of the ' most widely known young women of the city, passed away dt her home 1 *this morning at 4 o'clock after an « illness of about ten days. Her death ! was due to spinal meningitis, iMiij^lbickson was taken ill a week lt;iJSo Saturday night. At that time i •Ther condition did not seem alarming ] rlnit ns time wore on she % became Worse and all that could be done for : {her -was done, but nothing seemed to lt;£be liable to check the ailment. On ] Thursday she became much worse 1 - and from that time on the members 1 of the family and the physicians real- i ized that it was just a question of J time until the end would come. Spe- -cialists were called in consultation 1 with local doctors and the best they lt;could tell the grief-stricken husband 3 and members of the family was that she could not live but a few days. 3 Monday Dr. Patrick of Chicago, i one of the greatest nerve specialists ■ in the country, came to Galva and after the noted doctor-had examined 3 Mrs. Dickson he gave her only a few J short hours to live.Since last Sunday Mrs. Dickson 1 had been unconscious and remained in that condition until the end. iNellie Costain was bom in Kan- * sas, April 27, 1888. Her parents died whewshe was a mere baby and since that rime, up until her marriage, she made her home with relatives in and near Galva. She received her educa- 1 tion in the country schools around , Galva and after completing her course there she came to Galva and attended the city schools. -She was employed in Galva in some of the stores here after completing her school work, and in Jan- { uary, 1911, was united in marriage ' ^ to Joseph F. Dickson. ^Mrs. Dickson had scores of close \ friends in the city who join with the j husband and little daughter Katherine, in their hour of affliction, for ] her loss is keenly felt outside of the lt;family circles. ]The funeral sciwices will be held j Friday afternoon of this week at 2 j o'clock from the First M. E. church. lt;Rev. J. B. Bartle officiating. Inter- lt;ment will be in the Galva cemetery. }
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Galva Standard
Galva, Illinois, US
Wed, Nov 24, 1915
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