Individual Details
Arvilla Erma Quickstad
(11 Mar 1919 - 9 Aug 1943)
Arvilla Erma Quickstad daughter of Mr and Mrs Olaf Quickstad was born near Toronto, in Deuel County, South Dakota, March 11, 1919. She was baptized at an early age and was confirmed in the Lutheran Faith in the year of 1933.
She received her elementary education in the schools of Roosevelt and Toronto and was graduated from the local high school in 1937; after which she attended Augustana College and graduated from the Normal Training Course in 1939. During the past several years she has taught in public schools of Naples and Volin, South Dakota. She was a capable and conscientious teacher and did her work to the satisfaction of all persons concerned. At the beginning of this year she was elected to teach in the Public Schools of Sioux Falls, but failing health overtook her and she was unable to do any more work. At the various places she worked she also took part in the activities of the Church and often worked to the limit of her endurance.
Two of Arvilla's most intimate friends and neighbors have written and said the following about her: "In all our associations with her we have been impressed with her fine Christian Spirit. The pleasures and follies of this world held no attraction for her. During the recent months of her illness she loved to talk of the things of God and the home of the saved. Her great desire was was to be sure that nothing stood between her and her God. She often asked us to pray for her and told us she had great faith in prayer and in the power of God. Our sweet memory of her is that of a Consecrated Christian with God"
Arvilla became ill about March 1, 1943 with Aplastic Anemia (the bone marrow would no longer make blood) This was triggered by Selenium poisoning. . She had eaten lots of vegetables that were grown in soil that was saturated with it.
She was taken to the Sioux Valley hospital April 10 and later to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota after which she was brought home to Toronto, South Dakota where she was lovingly cared for by her mother and step-father Julius Gravning. From time to time she spent considerable time in the Hendricks Hospital where she received the necessary treatments.
She passed away at the Hendricks Hospital Monday afternoon, August 9, 1943. after all that human hands could do for her to restore her health.
She leaved to mourn her departure her mother Gena Gravning and step-father Julius Gravning, her maternal grandparents Peter and Inga Olson, a large group of other relatives and many friends.
She was preceeded in death by her father Olaf Quickstad and her paternal grandparents.
God's tommorrow is a day of gladness
And its joys shall never fail;
No more weeping, no more sense of sadness.
God's tommorrow is a day of greeting:
We shall see the Savior's face,
And our longing hearts await the meeting,
In that holy happy place.
God's tommorrow is a day of glory;
We shall weat the crown of life;
Sing through countless years loves's love's old, old, story,
Free forever from all stife.
Blessed be Her Memory
She received her elementary education in the schools of Roosevelt and Toronto and was graduated from the local high school in 1937; after which she attended Augustana College and graduated from the Normal Training Course in 1939. During the past several years she has taught in public schools of Naples and Volin, South Dakota. She was a capable and conscientious teacher and did her work to the satisfaction of all persons concerned. At the beginning of this year she was elected to teach in the Public Schools of Sioux Falls, but failing health overtook her and she was unable to do any more work. At the various places she worked she also took part in the activities of the Church and often worked to the limit of her endurance.
Two of Arvilla's most intimate friends and neighbors have written and said the following about her: "In all our associations with her we have been impressed with her fine Christian Spirit. The pleasures and follies of this world held no attraction for her. During the recent months of her illness she loved to talk of the things of God and the home of the saved. Her great desire was was to be sure that nothing stood between her and her God. She often asked us to pray for her and told us she had great faith in prayer and in the power of God. Our sweet memory of her is that of a Consecrated Christian with God"
Arvilla became ill about March 1, 1943 with Aplastic Anemia (the bone marrow would no longer make blood) This was triggered by Selenium poisoning. . She had eaten lots of vegetables that were grown in soil that was saturated with it.
She was taken to the Sioux Valley hospital April 10 and later to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota after which she was brought home to Toronto, South Dakota where she was lovingly cared for by her mother and step-father Julius Gravning. From time to time she spent considerable time in the Hendricks Hospital where she received the necessary treatments.
She passed away at the Hendricks Hospital Monday afternoon, August 9, 1943. after all that human hands could do for her to restore her health.
She leaved to mourn her departure her mother Gena Gravning and step-father Julius Gravning, her maternal grandparents Peter and Inga Olson, a large group of other relatives and many friends.
She was preceeded in death by her father Olaf Quickstad and her paternal grandparents.
God's tommorrow is a day of gladness
And its joys shall never fail;
No more weeping, no more sense of sadness.
God's tommorrow is a day of greeting:
We shall see the Savior's face,
And our longing hearts await the meeting,
In that holy happy place.
God's tommorrow is a day of glory;
We shall weat the crown of life;
Sing through countless years loves's love's old, old, story,
Free forever from all stife.
Blessed be Her Memory
Events
| Birth | 11 Mar 1919 | Toronto, Deuel County, South Dakota | |||
| Death | 9 Aug 1943 | Hendricks, Lincoln Co., MN |
Families
| Father | Olaf Quickstad (1883 - 1936) |
| Mother | Gena Bertine Olson (1892 - 1979) |