| Carol Pitman Dies This Morning from Acute Appendicitis
Miss Carol Pitman, 18, native of Preemption township, died at
5 a. m. today at Moline City hospital, Moline, of peritonitis, following
an operation for acute appendicitis.
Miss Pitman was in nurses training at the hospital when stricken
Friday with acute appendicitis. She started last September. She
underwent an operation Sunday and was improving until peritonitis set
in, Tuesday. Effects of the flu from which she was also recovering are
also believed to have been a partial cause of her death.
She was a graduate of the Viola high school, class of 1928.
Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Pitman of north of Viola,
and a grandmother, Mrs. Carrie Pitman, of Viola.
(Aledo Times Record, Wednesday, January 16, 1929, Sect. 2, p. 1)
Carol E. Pitman
Carol E. Pitman, daughter of Jess and Katherine Pitman, was
born July 1, 1910, on the farm south of Preemption and departed from
this life on Jan. 16, 1929, at St. Anthony's hospital, aged 18 years, 6
months and 15 days.
Carol grew to womanhood on the farm where she was born, receiving
her education in the Matherville and Viola high school from which she
graduated last June. The first of September she entered St. Anthony's
school for nurses.
She was always a loving and dutiful daughter, considerate in her
dealings with others, always cheerful and willing to help others.
She leaves to mourn her going, her father and mother, four
brothers and two sisters, Silvis, Adeline, Joe, Emery, Betty and Dean,
all at home, and a host of relatives and friends.
(Aledo Times Record, Wednesday, January 23, 1929, p. 3) |
