GUSTISON, Alta Friedrica 1899 - 1921

GUSTISON

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Date: 1/17/2024 at 20:36:41

"The Daily Ledger"
Fairfield, Iowa
Tuesday, July 12, 1921
Front Page, Column 7

MISS ALTA GUSTISON DIED THIS MORNING

Friends will be grieved to learn of the sudden death of Miss Alta GUSTISON which occurred at Rochester, Minn. this morning. Miss GUSTISON went to Rochester, Minn., direct from Washington, D. C., for an operation. She was accompanied by her sister, Cora. No details of her death have been received. The body will arrive in the city tomorrow morning.

Miss GUSTISON is the daughter of Mrs. Charlott GUSTISON of this city.

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"The Daily Ledger"
Fairfield, Iowa
Thursday, July 14, 1921
Front Page, Column 7

FUNERAL OF MISS ALTA GUSTISON TO BE HELD SATURDAY

Funeral services for Miss Alta GUSTISON who passed away at Rochester, Minn., Tuesday will be held Saturday afternoon at two o'clock from the Methodist church. Dr. W. R. Keesey of Mt. Pleasant will have charge of the services. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.

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"The Fairfield Tribune"
Thursday, July 14, 1921
Front Page, Column 5

DEATH OF MISS ALTA GUSTISON IS PUZZLE TO MAYO PHYSICIANS

Young Lady Faints and Succumbs While Receiving Medical Treatment

News of the death of Miss Alta GUSTISON at Rochester, Minn., was received Tuesday by her mother, Mrs. Charlotte GUSTISON, in this city. The body arrived Wednesday and will be held until Saturday for burial, pending the arrival of a brother from Pendleton, Oregon.

Miss GUSTISON had gone to Rochester from Washington, D. C., expecting to receive surgical treatment and had been joined there by her sister, Miss Cora, of Seattle. While at the Mayo hospital being treated for an abscess on the nose she fainted and never regained consciousness. The case was a very puzzling one to the physicians there as there had been no anesthetic administered and the death was wholly unexpected.

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"The Fairfield Daily Ledger-Journal"
Friday, July 15, 1921
Page 8, Column 1

Personal Mention

... --Miss Katherine Leonard of Kansas came yesterday to attend the funeral of Miss Alta GUSTISON. ...

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"The Fairfield Daily Ledger-Journal"
Saturday, July 16, 1921
Page 4, Column 1

FUNERAL OF MISS ALTA GUSTISON WAS HELD AT 2 O'CLOCK

Miss Alta Fredricka GUSTISON was born near Four Corners, Jefferson county, Iowa, August 4, 1899. She came with her parents to Fairfield in 1910, and was confirmed and united with the First Methodist Episcopal church of Fairfield.

She graduated with high honor and distinction from the Fairfield High school in June 1917. On August 4th of that same year she left with her sister, Cora, for Seattle, Wash., where she attended business college finishing her course in the short time of three months. She became very efficient in her profession of stenography and in January 1919 the United States government wired for her to take a position with the War Risk Insurance bureau at Washington, D. C. She was promoted from time to time and at her death was secretary to one of the leading officials of the bureau.

For three years she was troubled more or less with extreme nervousness and at times with rapid heart action which she thought was due to a goitre and which various physicians had advised her to have removed. She arrived at Rochester, Minn on July 4th to have this operation performed but with all the tests the Mayo physicians gave her they found her absoluetly (sic) normal and nothing that would indicate that the slight goitre which she had was in any way the cause of her condition and refused to make the operation. They pronounced her in fine health except for an over secretion in her nose and a little bronchial trouble which had bothered her from childhood. This news made Alta so happy in the thought that she could go home soon and not have to take the dreaded operation. A few minutes later she went to have a treatment on her nose and when the doctor had finished this treatment Alta fainted and passed away shortly afterward, although there were a half dozen of the Mayo physicians tried to bring her out of the faint.

Her sister, Cora, from Seattle Wash was with her and accompanied her to all her tests and examinations while she was in Rochester.

When death came she was twenty-one years, eleven months and eight days old. Her life was joy and happiness and the picture of her inspiring smile which she had for everyone will always remain in the hearts of all with whom she came in contact.

Her sudden departure brings tears of sorrow, but her beautiful Christian spirit and love will continue to shine on all her bereaved relations and friends. She was a faithful and an active church member and her services were her master.

She was so devoted to her home and parents and always doing things for them and their happiness to the point of great sacrifice on her part.

Those who are left to mourn the loss of truly beloved and honored daughter and sister are her mother, Mrs. Charlotte GUSTISON, sisters, Miss Cora Marie of Seattle, Wash and Mrytle E. of Fairfield; brothers, Carmel, of Rock Island, Ward V. of Pendleton, Oregon and Virgil E. A. of Fairfield.

Her father, Anthony GUSTISON, passed away May 5, 1915.

Funeral services were held at two o'clock this afternoon from the Methodist church in charge of Dr. W. R. Keesey of Mt. Pleasant. Burial was in Evergreen cemetery.

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"The Fairfield Tribune"
Thursday, July 21, 1921
Page SEVEN, Columns 5 and 6

GUSTISON, Miss Alta--Died at Rochester, Minn., July 12, at the age of twenty-one years.

Miss GUSTISON was born near Four Corners August 4, 1899, and had lived in Fairfield with her parents since 1910. She was a graduate of the Fairfield High School class of 1917, and attended business school in Seattle, Wash. For more than two years she had been employed in the bureau of war risk insurance at Washington D. C., as a stenographer.

She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Charlotte GUSTISON, sisters Cora Marie of Seattle, Mrytle of Fairfield; and brothers Carmel of Rock Island, Ward of Oregon, Virgil of Fairfield. Her father, Anthony GUSTISON, died in 1915.

Funeral services were held at the Methodist church Saturday in charge of Rev. W. R. Keesey, her former pastor. Burial was made in Evergreen cemetery.

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Note: Buried in Lot 3rd.022.