Mollie Espeset Juhl 1884-1915

JUHL, ESPESET, WENDT, KIELEY, MILLS, NEWLAND, LARSON

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 4/8/2011 at 23:10:42

Mrs. Andrew Juhl is Dead
This Good Woman Has Been a Patient Sufferer for Past Three Years
Was Born in Emmet County
Funeral Services Were Held From the Presbyterian Church on Saturday Last
Death came last Thursday to end the sufferings of Mrs. Andrew Juhl, one of Emmet county’s good women, who was born and raised within our county. She has been a patient sufferer for the past few years with that most dreadful disease, tuberculosis. Every comfort that could be given her has been bestowed. She was for almost a year under the care of physicians and trained nurses at Iowa City. Since returning home the family has lived in the north portion of the city.

Mrs. Juhl was the daughter of one of our pioneer families, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Espeset. She was married to Andrew Juhl February twentieth, 1907. To this union there born a boy and a girl.

The funeral services were held last Saturday from the Presbyterian church, of which Mrs. Juhl was a member. The Rev. R. C. Mitchell, assisted by the Rev. J. J. Akre, officiated at the services. The floral offerings were beautiful and the funeral was one of the largest ever held in the church. At the grave the Royal Neighbors, of which she was a member, took charge of the services.

She leaves to mourn her death, besides a loving husband and two children, her father and mother, six brothers and four sisters. The remains were laid to rest in Oak Hill cemetery. (Estherville Enterprise, Estherville, IA, October 6, 1915)

Death Claims Mrs. Andrew Juhl
After An Illness Since January the White Plague Claims Another Victim
Reared in Emmet County
Funeral from Presbyterian Church Saturday Afternoon at Two O’Clock
After an illness dating from January this year the beloved wife of Andrew Juhl died of consumption in the open air cottage in the north part of town last Thursday [September 30, 1915].

Funeral services were held from the Presbyterian church Saturday afternoon conducted by Rev. J. S. Mitchell and interment made in Oak Hill cemetery. Many beautiful floral pieces were mute but tender tributes from numerous loving friends.

Deceased was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Espeset of south of Estherville, and was born on the farm May 27, 1884. She grew to womanhood in this vicinity and on February 20, 1907, was united in marriage to Mr. Andrew Juhl, a prosperous Emmet county farmer. To this union a son Harold, and daughter, Doris, were born. She and her husband lived on the farm until this year when they moved to Estherville, occupying an open air cottage in the north part of town, which Mr. Juhl had erected in hopes of bringing relief to his wife.

All that medical skill and tender nursing could do was done for the afflicted one, but only temporary relief was affected.

Besides a husband, son and daughter and aged parents, six brothers and four sisters are left to mourn the untimely death of a beloved mother, daughter and sister.

The surviving brothers and sisters are Mrs. Chas. Wendt, of Duluth, Mrs. W. M. Kieley, of Fessenden, Minn.; Mrs. E. Mills of White, South Dakota; Mrs. Josie Newland of Bishop, California; Walter Espeset, Cedar Rapids; Art Espeset, Estherville; Otis Espeset of Eveleth, Minnesota; Tolof Larson of Foley, Minnesota; Louis Larson, St. Paul; and Peter Larson, Estherville, all of whom were at the funeral except Mrs. Wendt of Duluth and Louis Larson of St. Paul. (Vindicator and Republican, Estherville, IA, October 6, 1915)

Swan Lake News
Mr. and Mrs. Theo Wald attended the funeral of Mrs. Andrew Juhl on Saturday, at Estherville. Mrs. Juhl on Saturday, at Estherville. Mrs. Juhl was a cousin of Theo. Wold. (Estherville Enterprise, Estherville, IA, October 13, 1915)