Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1892 — OBITUARY. [ARTICLE]

OBITUARY.

MARY J. OVEBACKER. Mary J. Marshall was born in New Lenox tp., Will Co., 111., October 15, 1848. She was the daughter of George and Margaret Marshall. The ormer died upon and was buried in the Pacific Ocean, when the subject of this sketch was only 2 years old, but her aged mother still survives and is a resident of Rensselaer. The deceased was educated in the district schools and in the Cook County Normal, at Englewood, 111, She taught school for many years;- and also devoted much time to acquiring the art of oil painting, for which she evinced great natural talents. She was, married to Chas. F. Overacker, Feb. 2&, 1880. During her xnarned life she

I lived in Rensselaer from the spring of 1881 to the fall of 1882, and was an occasional visitor here several times thereafter. She also lived for longer or shorter periods of time in Rossville, Brimfield and Chicago, 111., in Newell and Carson, Iowa; Saline and Sall River, Michigan and m Washington D. C . She was a very [great sufferer from ill health for many years, and on Oct. 22, she underwent a very severe and dangerous surgical operation, at St. Luke’s hospital, Chicago, and in which place she died, Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 9*. 1892, aged 44 years and 25 days.

The funeral was held last Friday at the residence of her sister, Mrs. S. P. Gillett, in Will Co., 111., and after her many weary wanderings in life she was laid at rest at last in a quiet country grave yard within a quarter of a mile of the spot where she was born. Her surviving near relatives are her mother, one sister and four brothers, and all of whom were present at her funeral.