The Daily Post and Record
Rochester, Minnesota
April 2, 1915
USEFUL LIFE IS ENDED
The Death of Dr. Laura A. Linton - Passed Away April First
Dr. Laura A. Linton passed away Thursday night after months of suffering.
She was born in Mahoning county, Ohio, April 8, 1853. At an early age she moved with her parents to Pennsylvania. In 1868 she came to Wabasha county and attended the Normal school at Winona. She completed her course in the spring of 1873 and that fall entered the University of Minnesota, graduating in 1879 from the academic department. The next year she taught in the high school at Lake City and then she attended the Boston School of Technology for two years. In 1882 she taught at Galesburg, Ill., in Lombard College. In 1884 she began teaching physics and chemistry in Central high school, Minneapolis, and there she was engaged for ten years.
In the fall of 1894 she entered Ann Arbor University and remained there two years. In 1896 she entered the University of Minnesota and graduated from the medical department in 1900. The same year she accepted a position at the Rochester State hospital where she remained until her death.
She was a member of Calvary Episcopal Church.
Dr. Linton is survived by her mother Mrs. Christianna C. Linton of Rochester; two brothers, Dr. W. B. Linton, Rochester, and Thos. H. Linton, Tacoma, Washington. She also leaves tow nieces, Laura and Isabella Phelps of St. Peter, Minn.
Funeral services are to be Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the state hospital.
For fifteen years Dr. Linton was a resident of Rochester, and while her time was largely taken up in the practice of her profession at the state institution, she nevertheless found occasion to identify herself with the social life of the city, and her friendships were sincere and numerous.
Hers was a busy life, a life of service in the teaching and medical professions, the hours of her days being ever taken up with accomplishment. Her death brings to a close the truly remarkable career of a useful woman.
The Daily Post and Record
Rochester, Minnesota
April 3, 1915
SERVICES FOR DR. LINTON
Were Held This Afternoon -- Burial to be at Kellogg, Minn.
Funeral services for the late Dr. Laura Linton were held this afternoon in the Chapel at the State Hospital, the Episcopal services being used and Rev. A. H. Wurtele officiating. The remains were laid to rest in the Healy Chapel in Oakwood cemetery. There they will rest until Monday, when they will be taken to Cook's Valley cemetery near Kellogg, Minn., where Dr. Linton once lived and where the father and a sister are buried. Committal services will be held at the Kellogg cemetery.
Pall bearers at the services here were the six oldest employes of the state hospital, namely, William Weeks, F. A. Johnson, Gustav Berg, Carl G. Anderson, Geo. F. Hoffman, and Carl H. Rommel.
The Daily Post and Record
Rochester, Minnesota
April 6, 1915
THE STROKE PROVED FATAL
Mrs. S. B. Hall Passes Away Monday - Was Stricken Saturday Afternoon
The stroke of apoplexy which Mrs. S. B. Hall suffered Saturday afternoon proved fatal. She passed away at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon at the family home on West Zumbro street.
Eliza M. Vroman was born July 10, 1849, in Rome, N.Y., and there she spent her girlhood. January 8, 1874, she was married to S. B. Hall at Rome, and the young couple came immediately to Olmsted county, settling on the farm in Cascade township just northwest of the city. There they lived for many years. In the course of time, they built one of the first of the more substantial farm residences in Olmsted county. Their farm was one of the most widely known in this section of the state.
A few years ago they moved to Rochester to take advantage of the greater conveniences of life in the city after their long period of country industry.
Saturday the fatal stroke came, and it was seen that hope could not be entertained for her recovery, and she passed into eternity at the hour stated.
Besides the husband, who is bereft of the companion of his youth and his helpmeet through life, there are three children to mourn the loss of a true mother. They are Arthur J. Hall, residing on the old homestead; Mrs. John Perry of Gary, Ind., and Clarence E. Hall of Gary. They were all at their mother's bedside when the end came.
The funeral services are to be at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Rev. Southgate of the Congregational church will officiate.
The Daily Post and Record
Rochester, Minnesota
April 5, 1915
OBITUARY - ZIMMERMAN
The remains of the late John George Zimmerman, the former Rochester citizen, who passed away March 31, at 5 p.m. at Wenatchee, Wash., arrived in Rochester at noon today.
Mr. Zimmerman would have been 83 years old on April 25. He was born in Germany and came to this country with his parents when five years of age. In 1860 he came to Olmsted county. He engaged in business here until 1880, when he removed to Brownton, Minn. Subsequently he returned to Olmsted county, locating on a farm in Kalmar township. He left Rochester five years ago. Last summer he returned to Rochester to visit his many friends and relatives.
He is survived by the following children: Mrs. Susie Marr, Wenatchie, Wash.; Mrs. Lizzie Hewett and Mrs. Emma Gile, Flaxville, Mont.; Mrs. Mary Lamp, Rochester; Mrs. C. A. Sheppard, Rochester; Charles H. Zimmerman, Rochester; and George L. Zimmerman, Bainville, Mont.
The funeral is to be tomorrow afternoon at 2:30.
