Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1912 — Son of David Leatherman Died Suddenly of Peritonitis. [ARTICLE]

Son of David Leatherman Died Suddenly of Peritonitis.

Orville, the 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. David Leatherman, formerly of this county, but now of near Wolcott, died at 7:30, o’clock Sunday morning at the home of his parents, after an illness of only a few hours. Last September the lad had a long siege of typhoid fever and he did not recover sufficient strength to return to school until after Christmas. He seemed quite well at this time, however, and last week accompanied his parents here to attend the funeral of his grandfather, James Leatherman. He took sick last Saturday and his case was regarded by the attending physician as very grave from the start. A consultation of doctors was held and they decided that peritonitis was the nature of the sickness and that nothing could be done to save the life of the youth. The funeral will be held* Tuesday morning at 8 o’clock at the Wolcott Christian church and burial made in the Weston cemetery in Rensselaer. Deceased leaves his parents and one brother as the closest relatives.