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Show Long Suffering Ended By Death After being confined to her bed for " a period . ot twenty-three . years, suffering suf-fering from a stroke of paralysis. Johanna Jo-hanna Albertina reterson passed peacefully away at (he home of her daughter, Mrs. Oscar Anderson, last Monday night at 11 o'clock. Her death was not wholly unexpected, as the aged woman had been sinking for several days. At the bedside with tlwo of her daughter?. Mr.'. Anderson and Miss Sarah Pefersdn. Twenl y-(hroe years ajio,' Mr. Pc- tei'son suffered a paralytic stroke i which made useless one side of her I body. Medical aid proved of no avail ! ; nd the unfortunate woman war; forced to remain in bed and was only ; i p with (he aid of others. During (bo long time of confinement as a result .of the stroke. Mrs. Peterson remained to her bed and her daughter was her 'constant, nurse Being reconciled to her tinforlunato condition; the pa-jlte.nt pa-jlte.nt forced cheerfulness and seldom was there any complaint, and when I lie final call ra mo sb passed peacefully peace-fully to the great beyond. Mrs. Peterson van born in Sweden in W'M and In J8SU she. came to the I 'tilled Slates, finally set I ling in Gunnison, Gun-nison, where r,lir has lived constantly until the, lime of her death. Had sho lived until next May she would have been S4 years old. She was an nr-' nr-' dent member of (lie I,. 1), S. church, and prior to her illness wliich mailn bcr helpless, she war. activB in Hun-Hi I .-ind cba ri able work. Her husband tdird in Ihlri city I cut y-one years ago. Mrs. Peterson Is survived by : three living daughters, Mrs. Oscar i Anderson and iviiss haraii reiersou : of this city, and Mrs. Theresa Mcl'hic of Silt Lake. Impressive funeral services vein held (his afternoon at the R. S. ball, ' Bishop K. L. Swalberg officiating. |