Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1912 — Funeral of Mrs. William Matheny Was Held Thursday Afternoon. [ARTICLE]

Funeral of Mrs. William Matheny Was Held Thursday Afternoon.

The funeral of Mrs. William Matheny, Whose sudden death took place Monday, was held at the Presbyterian church this Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, Rev. J. C. Parrett conducting the services. Interment in lyeston cemetery. Mrs. William Mhtheny was born in Buena Vista, phio, May 26, 1853, and died at Rensselaer, Ind., March 26, 1912, at the age of 68 yearß and ten months When only a. child she, with her parents, moved to McLean county. 111., where she grew to womanhood. On Oct. 29, 1873, she was united In marriage to William Wikoff Matheny. To this union two children were born, Samuel Lee, and Emerson William. In 1902 they left their borne in McLean county, 111., and came to Jasper county, Ind., at which place they have since resided. Mrs. Matheny was a member of the Milroy Grand Army Circle. She was a kind and- loving wife and mother. She was a good neighbor, always ready to lend a helping hand in every way. She leaves to mourn their loss a husband, two sons and one grandchild, all of Rensselaer, and one sister, of Emporia, Kans., besides a host of friends.

John Frits, who murdered H. B. McWilliams, a guard at the Jeffersonville reformatory, was denied a new trial by Judge Montgomery, and was sentenced to hang at the state prison in Michigan City on June 14. He will be taken to the prison this week. An appeal was asked. -A •