Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1912 — Peter Van Lear Near Death At Alexian Brothers Hospital. [ARTICLE]

Peter Van Lear Near Death At Alexian Brothers Hospital.

Peter Van Lear, a plasterer contractor, is very near death at the Alexian Brothers’ hospital in Chicago. Cancer of the liver is assigned as th# cause of his condition and relief is out of the question. Mrs. Van Lear was called to his bedside Saurday and Sunday he was visited by John Borntrager, of near Surrey. Mr. Borntrager brings back word that he is expected to die almost any time; Peter Van Lear is-known to all who had business dealings with him as an honest and upright man. He was industrious and in all respects a conscientious man and a good citizen and his seriouß sickness is greatly to be deplored.