Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1918 — SAD DEATH OF YOUNG WIFE [ARTICLE]

SAD DEATH OF YOUNG WIFE

Mrs. Mary (Wilders Wickstrom DIM Following Operation. Mrs. Harold Wickstrom of Rensselaer died Thursday afternoon at the county hospital following an operation for goitre. She leaves a husband and little son aged about six 'months, besides her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Childers of Conrad, one sister residing in Lafayette, and one brother, H. Parker Childers, now at Hlattiesburg, Mississippi, with the troops stationed there. . . Mrs. Wickstrbm had been suffering for some time with goitre and had previously undergone one operation for the removal of same but which was unsuccessful. Of late she had become so bad again it was difficult for her to get her breath, and it was absolutely necessary that something be done. The operation was performed by Dr. Percy of Chicago, and the patient never rallied from the anaesthetic. The death of Mrs. Wickstrom came as a shock to her friends and to the community. Her age was twenty-three years, ten months and sixteen days, and she had lived all her life in Rensselaer. The funeral will be held from the M. E. church at 3 o’clock Sunday/afternoon, and burial made in Weston cemetery.