Obituary: Portage County, Wisconsin: Frances CUSHMAN Stevens Point Daily Journal, March 3, 1899 Miss Frances Cushman Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Cushman Dies of Membranous Croup. Miss Frances Cushman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Cushman of 1113 Clark street, died this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock of diphtheria or membernous croup after an illness of 15 days. She was first taken ill with a slight cold two weeks ago Thursday, which seemed to yield to the ordinary home remedies and on the following Sturday and Sunday seemed to be almost as well as ever. Sunday afternoon at dinner, however, she was taken with a severe hemorrhage from the nasal passages, which could not be stopped for seeral hours. This, however, was finally controlled by a prescription from a physician, but from that time she did not seem as well. Tuesday her physician, Dr. W.W. Gregoy, reported her case to the health officer as diphtheria, merely as a matter of form as the case was deemed very light. When the health officier arrived Thursday the case had so far improved that he thought it unnecessary to placard the house. She continued to improve until Wednesday night, when the membranous croup features became pronounced. Although since the case has been under the joint cat of Dr. W.W. Gregory, F.A. Walters and D.N. Alcorn and of Miss Daniels, the trained nurse, it was found impossible to break up the disease. Death came very quietly this afternoon to relieve the patient from her suffering. A consultation was held Thursday night upon the advisability of placing a tube in the patient's throat but it was decided that it could be of no use. Miss Frances Louise Cushman was born in this city on August 31, 1883, fifteen years ago. She has been a regular attendant in the public schools since early childhood and had made remarkable progress in her studies, being now a member of the second year class in the high school. Her teachers and classmates speak of her in the highest terms as a student and companion. Besides her father and mother, she leaves two brothers and two sisters, Ber, Miss Lottie, Howard and Miss Margaret. This death comes as a very sad and severe blow to the family, as this is the third daughter that had died in the past seven years, Miss Mamie and Miss Della, two grown up young ladies and well known school teachers, having preceeded her to the grave. The arrangements for the funeral have not been made. Stevens Point Daily Journal, March 6, 1899 Funeral of Miss Cushman The funeral of Miss Frances L. Cushman was held from the family residence at 1113 Clark street at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The services were strictly private. Rev. W.J. Rice of St. Stephen's church, officiated in the presence of only the immediage family and a few intimate friends. The interment followed in the St. Stephen's cemetery. The pall bearers were Iver Macklin, Ole Gilbertson, John Cormack and Peter Lind. Although from the nature of the disease the funeral was private, the friends of the deceased were represented by numerous contributions of beautiful flowers. A list of the floral offerings follows: Rose and carnations, Mrs. A. Ireland, Abbotsford, Wis. ; rose, Misses Carrie and Hattie Blood; lilies, Misses Behman and Agnew; carnations, Misses Kate and Katherine Clements; rose and carnation, Misses Ruth and Mable Whitney; carnations, Miss Jessie Hawn; lillies and ferns, Mrs. B.H. Griffith; carnations, Willis, Thada, Esther and Marjorie Boston; lilies and carnations, Miss Mary Trummer; ferns and carnations, Prof. and Mrs. Simonds; carnations, Mrs. E. McGlachlin and Miss Lucy McGlachlin; crescent, Cliosophic; carnations, Sophomores. ************************************************************************ Submitted by Kathy Grace, June 2004 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************