Agnes Marsaa 1902-1915

MARSAA, SABIN, QUAMME, SWENSON, RONNEI, TRELSTAD, LARSON, HEGLAND

Posted By: S. Ferrall - IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 8/23/2010 at 05:39:55

Miss Agnes Marsaa, age 13 years, died last Sunday in the early morning at the Marsaa home here in town. Agnes was the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.K. Marssa, and was born here in town Aug. 9, 1902. She has been ill more or less all summer with pulmonary consumption. The Register has made no mention of her sickness any time, as it was made known that it would seriously disturb the feelings of the little girl to have any mention made of her condition, so to please the sick child we have refrained from any mention of it. Now for some months, however, her condition looked very favorable, and even last week she was quite spry and jolly. Friday night the turn came for the worse. In the early evening she had a homorhage of the lungs and it brot her odwn so fast that she became quite weak all day Saturday. That night, tho, she commenced her sleep very peaceful until after midnight. then a turn for the worse set in again, and another hemorhage set in; after which she expired very soon, at about 6 o'clock Sunday morning. According to her condition lately many of her friends entertained hopes for her recovery. Others thot that she would at least hold out until spring. but it was not to be so. She is now laid away in the Liberty cemetery west of town. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon in the Liberty Church. The floral offerings were profuse and beautiful. The Rake school were among those with a beautiful cut flower pillow as a token of remembrance of their schoolmate. The pall bearers were Ellen Sabin, Beatrice Quamme, Mabel Swenson, Frederica Ronnei. Rev. Trelstad conducted service and preached in the Norwegian language. Mrs. Joe Larson and Miss Julia Quamme rendered a choice song, and a number of the school girls sang, "Nearer my God to Thee" at the opening, and as the casket was leaving the rostrum they sang the song which was the last hymn that Agnes had sung while alive. Dr. Hegland of the Waldorf College preached a good sermon in the English language.

~Rake Register, December 16, 1915