Deseret Evening News | 1905-12-23 | Page 2 | Prest. Fjeldsted Dead

PREST FJELDSTED DEAD i Passed llIN t Aw Away r Title Thin Afternoon After u n Lingering Illness President Christian D FJeld ted of ot the First Council of ot Seventies died this afternoon i t nt at the Groves L I D B S hOI boa hospital pital from corn a compilation of ot from which he has been suffering Buffering for forthe f forthe r the past lIst two months He has hM been at t th thi hospital hOSl for tor ov over r six weeks week and baa hOIl been dangerously ill 11 ever since ar arriving riving dying An operation waa Wll performed about five ne weeks ago aKO In the hope hODe of oC saving paying his life lito but ho waa 1113 not strong enough to recover and has hall gradually radu been sinking towards toward the end endI President FJeldsted was a LL native of oC I Denmark and his residence was at Lo Logan Logan gan Utah He lie was wall born Feb 20 1120 1820 and came tamo to Utah In 1858 after Join Joining JoinIng ing lag the Church In hU his hi native land l sal laboring there as n a missionary for tor four tour years In 1867 1167 he went back to Den Denmark DenI Denmark I mark and ond tIlled tiled another mission among his own pempe He lie was set apart as one ot of the First t Seven Soen Presidents of oC Seventies April 28 1384 1884 and has held the tho position continuously since then I He lie recently returned from rota th Scan mission lon where for over two years he hail had been Its JIll president lIe He Is well known among Church work workers workers ers era and his death d nth will trill be widely ro re regretted