Obituary:
Mrs. Hackett's Death
Remains Brought to this City To-Night.
Was an Exemplary Wife and Mother and a Noble Christian Woman
A telephone message was received yesterday afternoon from Mr. E.A.K. Hackett conveying the sad news that the life of Mrs. Hackett, which had hung in the balance for several days, was fast ebbing away. The news caused the deepest regret wherever it was known, and this was intensified shen, at 5 o'clock, a telegram announcing her death was received.
Mrs. Hackett was taken ill only a few weeks ago, but early in her illness it became known that the only hope for her recovery lay in resort to a difficult and dangerous surgical operation. On March 22 she was taken to Chicago accompanied by her husband and Dr. H.V. Sweringen and entered the Memorial hospital. It was hoped at first that the operation had been entirely successful and the bright and cheery nature of the patient asserted itself to the encouragement of all those in attendance at her bedside. Developments, however, proved that her recovery was impossible wit the sequel of the sad news chronicled in the foregoing.
Mrs. Mollie Melsheimer Hackett was the wife of Mr. Edward A.K. Hackett, proprietor of the Fort Wayne Sentinel, and daughter of Dr. C.T. Melsheimer -now deceased- of Bluffton, who as a prominent physician in this part of the state. She was married in 1876 to Mr. Hackett and was 39 years old at the time of her death. Her mother and two brothers, Mr. S.D. Melsheimer, railroad editor of the Sentinel, and Mr. Charles Melsheimer, of Bluffton, are the only relatives of her own family who survive her. She leaves two daughters, Martha and Helen, aged 15 and 11 respectively. Mrs. John Thieme and Mrs. Charles Crall, are cousins.....
Mon, April 10, 1899
Fort Wayne News
Mrs. Hackett's Death
Remains Brought to this City To-Night.
Was an Exemplary Wife and Mother and a Noble Christian Woman
A telephone message was received yesterday afternoon from Mr. E.A.K. Hackett conveying the sad news that the life of Mrs. Hackett, which had hung in the balance for several days, was fast ebbing away. The news caused the deepest regret wherever it was known, and this was intensified shen, at 5 o'clock, a telegram announcing her death was received.
Mrs. Hackett was taken ill only a few weeks ago, but early in her illness it became known that the only hope for her recovery lay in resort to a difficult and dangerous surgical operation. On March 22 she was taken to Chicago accompanied by her husband and Dr. H.V. Sweringen and entered the Memorial hospital. It was hoped at first that the operation had been entirely successful and the bright and cheery nature of the patient asserted itself to the encouragement of all those in attendance at her bedside. Developments, however, proved that her recovery was impossible wit the sequel of the sad news chronicled in the foregoing.
Mrs. Mollie Melsheimer Hackett was the wife of Mr. Edward A.K. Hackett, proprietor of the Fort Wayne Sentinel, and daughter of Dr. C.T. Melsheimer -now deceased- of Bluffton, who as a prominent physician in this part of the state. She was married in 1876 to Mr. Hackett and was 39 years old at the time of her death. Her mother and two brothers, Mr. S.D. Melsheimer, railroad editor of the Sentinel, and Mr. Charles Melsheimer, of Bluffton, are the only relatives of her own family who survive her. She leaves two daughters, Martha and Helen, aged 15 and 11 respectively. Mrs. John Thieme and Mrs. Charles Crall, are cousins.....
Mon, April 10, 1899
Fort Wayne News
Obituary:
Mrs. Hackett's Death
Remains Brought to this City To-Night.
Was an Exemplary Wife and Mother and a Noble Christian Woman
A telephone message was received yesterday afternoon from Mr. E.A.K. Hackett conveying the sad news that the life of Mrs. Hackett, which had hung in the balance for several days, was fast ebbing away. The news caused the deepest regret wherever it was known, and this was intensified shen, at 5 o'clock, a telegram announcing her death was received.
Mrs. Hackett was taken ill only a few weeks ago, but early in her illness it became known that the only hope for her recovery lay in resort to a difficult and dangerous surgical operation. On March 22 she was taken to Chicago accompanied by her husband and Dr. H.V. Sweringen and entered the Memorial hospital. It was hoped at first that the operation had been entirely successful and the bright and cheery nature of the patient asserted itself to the encouragement of all those in attendance at her bedside. Developments, however, proved that her recovery was impossible wit the sequel of the sad news chronicled in the foregoing.
Mrs. Mollie Melsheimer Hackett was the wife of Mr. Edward A.K. Hackett, proprietor of the Fort Wayne Sentinel, and daughter of Dr. C.T. Melsheimer -now deceased- of Bluffton, who as a prominent physician in this part of the state. She was married in 1876 to Mr. Hackett and was 39 years old at the time of her death. Her mother and two brothers, Mr. S.D. Melsheimer, railroad editor of the Sentinel, and Mr. Charles Melsheimer, of Bluffton, are the only relatives of her own family who survive her. She leaves two daughters, Martha and Helen, aged 15 and 11 respectively. Mrs. John Thieme and Mrs. Charles Crall, are cousins.....
Mon, April 10, 1899
Fort Wayne News
Mrs. Hackett's Death
Remains Brought to this City To-Night.
Was an Exemplary Wife and Mother and a Noble Christian Woman
A telephone message was received yesterday afternoon from Mr. E.A.K. Hackett conveying the sad news that the life of Mrs. Hackett, which had hung in the balance for several days, was fast ebbing away. The news caused the deepest regret wherever it was known, and this was intensified shen, at 5 o'clock, a telegram announcing her death was received.
Mrs. Hackett was taken ill only a few weeks ago, but early in her illness it became known that the only hope for her recovery lay in resort to a difficult and dangerous surgical operation. On March 22 she was taken to Chicago accompanied by her husband and Dr. H.V. Sweringen and entered the Memorial hospital. It was hoped at first that the operation had been entirely successful and the bright and cheery nature of the patient asserted itself to the encouragement of all those in attendance at her bedside. Developments, however, proved that her recovery was impossible wit the sequel of the sad news chronicled in the foregoing.
Mrs. Mollie Melsheimer Hackett was the wife of Mr. Edward A.K. Hackett, proprietor of the Fort Wayne Sentinel, and daughter of Dr. C.T. Melsheimer -now deceased- of Bluffton, who as a prominent physician in this part of the state. She was married in 1876 to Mr. Hackett and was 39 years old at the time of her death. Her mother and two brothers, Mr. S.D. Melsheimer, railroad editor of the Sentinel, and Mr. Charles Melsheimer, of Bluffton, are the only relatives of her own family who survive her. She leaves two daughters, Martha and Helen, aged 15 and 11 respectively. Mrs. John Thieme and Mrs. Charles Crall, are cousins.....
Mon, April 10, 1899
Fort Wayne News
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