BERAN, Mary ----- The death of Mrs. Mary Beran of Gibbon occurred last week under sad circumstances. On Sunday her son, August, who is employed at the Wm.  Dahlgren farm came to town to stay with his mother over Sunday and attended to her wants as has been his usual custom, but upon entering her room found her in bed dead and her body frozen. When and how she died is not definitely known, but neighbors had seen her last on Wednesday and it is therefore supposed that she died on Friday. She was subject to fits of epilepsy and it is thought that this may have caused her death or rendered her unable to attend to her wants so that she may have frozen to death. Deputy Coroner Dr. W. Z.  Flower examined her but could find no definite evidence of how her death came about. Maria Meyer was born in Germany on February 17th, 1850 and was 66 years, 11 months and 13 days old at the time of her death. She came to this country in 1882 and was married to Mathias Beran at New Ulm in 1883, her husband then having a farm in Severance township. Mr. Beran died in 1897 and Mrs. Beran continued to live on the farm until 1904 when she moved to Gibbon.  She was mother of two sons, one of whom died while an infant leaving only her son, August, to mourn her. As far as is known she has three brothers still living in Germany. The funeral was held Tuesday fore-noon and burial was made at the German Lutheran cemetery, Rev. Henry Boettcher officiating.—Gibbon Gazette. New Ulm Review February 16, 1916