Emma Hollenweger Haltinner (Haltiner) 1887-1937

Wife to Ernest Haltiner

I recently did an Analysis of the Death Certificate for Emma Hollenweger Haltinner (Haltiner) and these are some of the facts it tells us:

1. Death was at the Cache Valley General Hospital, Logan, Cache, Utah.  She resided at 890 N 6th E.

2. She was married at the time of death.

3. Her mother and father were from Switzerland and it tells us their names.

4. She died at 49 yrs, 5 months, & 8 days.

5.  She had an operation  on 18 Jan 1937 prior to her dying.

6.  Death date was 23 Jan 1937 and she died from Paralytic Ileu with a contributory cause  called chronic hyperplastic endometritis and a secondary contributory called hydrosapinx.

 Of course there is much more information.  The big question in the minds of the immediate family was what did she really die from. I googled all the terms and this is what the certificate is saying.  First she had an intestinal obstruction. Second she had an increase in the number of cells which can result in what we know as a tumor or an enlargement of an organ probably the uterus that was filled with an infection. The third cause of death was a distally blocked fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid. In my understanding, the death of Emma was not caused by a problem with the surgery, it was a result of being a mother, having babies and not having the vast knowledge in the medical field that we are blessed with today.

This untimely death took place when the youngest daughter was only 6 1/2 years old.  Emma had nine children and the two older ones had only been married about a year. When I think about this, my heart is full of sorrow.  I had eight children and I remember that time in my life when my older ones started getting married and yet my home was still full of children's laughter.  Although she was very sick and in pain,  I can't help but think the real pain was in her heart when she must of realized that she wouldn't be going home to that laughter.

I was setting around the dining table visiting with family and the story of the gloves came up again.  It seems to surface often when we get together. This story I love the most. It is about an Indian lady who came to Emma's door begging for food each time the members of her tribe came to Logan.  Emma always found a loaf of bread, maybe something from the garden, and she gave her some seeds from her flowers, the holly hocks, that the Indian lady loved.  One day, the Indian lady came to her door with a gift for Emma.  It was a pair of hand made gloves with beads hand stitched on the back of the gloves. By looking at the gift, one would know that it was a prized possession because they had been used a lot. I believe the lady knew how much work it was to garden and this was her way of giving her the most thoughtful gift she had to offer.  What a sacrifice it must have been for her.

We also talked about the lady that lived down the street from Emma who didn't have a stove to heat her home in the winter.  Anyone who has lived in Cache Valley knows that the winters can be very cold. When Emma found out that she didn't have anyway to heat her home, she sent a stove that had been in the basement of her home to the neighbor to keep her warm.  The comment made by the daughter telling the story was that "it was the way things were done.  They looked out for each other in their neighborhood."

I wonder if any gift I have given would even come close to the gifts that Emma gave.  What a gift she has given me.

Hope you enjoyed reading a little about Emma Hollenweger Haltiner.