Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1911 — Mrs. Elmer Dwiggins Dies In New York Hospital of Tuberculosis. [ARTICLE]

Mrs. Elmer Dwiggins Dies In New York Hospital of Tuberculosis.

Rensselaer relatives have learned of the death last Friday in a hospital at Loomis, New York, of Mrs. Elmer Dwiggins, of New York City. She had .been in failing health for several months and since April had been in the sanitarium and gradually failing. JDeath was not expected, however, to occur for some but a sudden turn for the worse carried her away. Tuberculosis was the cause of death. The body was shipped to Sheldon, 111., for burial, the funeral taking place today, Monday. Mrs.'Ora T. Ross, Miss Ida Milliken, Mrs. C. C. Warner and Mr A A. F. Long attended the funeral, making the trip by auto. Mrs. Dwiggins’ maiden name was Miss Matie Wood and her home was at Sheldon.- She was married to Elmer Dwiggins about twenty-five years ago. Two sons born to them are now attending college in New York.