MRS. RAYMOND THERKELSEN DIED AT BLAIR HOSPITAL WED. EVE., SEPT. 26

LEAVES FOUR SMALL CHILDREN

After making a brave fight for life, Mrs. Raymond Therkelsen passed away at the Blair hospital at about 9 o’clock last Wednesday evening. She was taken sick the 13th of August with what was thought to be summer flu, from which she didn’t recover as she should have. She was taken to the Blair hospital after she had been sick for two weeks and was there for five weeks, where every care of physician and nurse was given her, but to no avail.

Her system had become so impoverished that she had one disease after another, mumps on both sides, what seemed to be typhoid and finally pneumonia set in and nothing physician or surgeon could do could save her. The funeral service was held at the Methodist church at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon, which was largely attended and the floral offerings were unusually numerous and beautiful in memory of her useful and beautiful life.

Martha Muller was born in New York City, Dec. 29th, 1893, so wasn’t quite 34 years of age. She lost her parents at an early age and was taken care of by a Child’s Saving Society of New York City, who brought her and her brother, Fred Muller, with others, to this city in the spring of 1902. She was given a home with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hurdum who treated her like a father and mother.

When she was 24 years of age, she was united in marriage to Raymond Therkelsen on March 31, 1918. Four children were born to them, Ray aged 8, Arline 6, Teddy 4 and baby Howard aged 8 months, who has been cared for by Mrs. Hurdum almost since birth, and who will continue to care for him, we understand.

Besides her brother, Fred Muller, who lives north of Blair, she leaves one sister in New York City. She was such a wife, mother, neighbor and friend that she will be greatly missed by husband, children, her neighbors and the many friends she had made by her devotion to her husband, children, her home and the best interests of the entire community. Not the least of these will be her husband’s father and brother, for whom she made a home and for whom she cared since the death of Mrs. Theo. Therkelsen some six years ago.

CARD OF THANKS: We wish in this way to thank the friends and neighbors for their many acts of kindness and for the flowers sent during the illness and after the death of our dear wife, mother, daughter and sister. We want to especially thank the nurses at the Blair hospital for their great care and kindness, the minister and singers who helped make our burden lighter with their kindly services.

Raymond Therkelsen and Children, Theodore Therkelsen, Harold Therkelsen

Published in Enterprise on 6 October 1927

MRS RAYMOND THERKELSEN CALLED

The sad news was spread over the city and countryside on last Thursday that Mrs. Raymond Therkelsen, after weeks of illness, had passed away at the Blair hospital at nine o'clock the previous evening, Sept. 28.

She was taken sick August 13 and since that time all that medical skill and efficient nursing could do had been given her but to no avail. She gradually grew weaker and weaker. At times a slight rally would raise the hopes of the anxiously waiting relatives but this would again be followed by another relapse until at last the end came.

The deceased, Martha Muller, was born in New York City, Dec. 29, 1893 and at an early age was bereft of her parents and was cared for by a child's saving society of that city until the spring of 1902 when she, with her brother, Fred Muller, came to Nebraska. She made her home with the Fred Hurdum family until she was twenty-four years of age.

On March 31, 1918, she was married to Mr. Raymond Therkelsen. Their marriage was a happy one and to them four children were born: Ray, aged eight years; Arline, aged six, Teddy, aged three and Howard who is only eight months old.

She was a good mother, a loving and devoted wife and her friends were only numbered by the circle of her acquaintanceship. She leaves a place in the home of her family that can never be filled, a place only a mother's love can satisfy and the sympathy of the neighborhood goes out to the fullest extent to the bereaved and broken family.

The funeral was held at the Methodist church in this city on Friday afternoon at two o'clock, with Rev. Carl Bader officiating and interment was made in the Blair cemetery.

Besides the bereaved husband and four children she leaves her brother, Fred Muller, to mourn her untimely death.

The out of town guests who were present at the funeral ceremony were Bruce Gochenouer and Mr. and Mrs. Pat Gillespie of Omaha, Mrs. C. H. Campbell of Sioux City and Mrs. R. L. Pound of Portland, Oregon.