Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1912 — Peter VanLear Died Thursday Night at Brothers Hospital. [ARTICLE]

Peter VanLear Died Thursday Night at Brothers Hospital.

Peter Van Lear, the a worthy man and one who numbered his friends by his acquaintances, died some time Thursday night at the Alexian Brothers hospital in Chlbago. He made a brave struggle to avoid going to the hospital but he grew so poorly that he went there as a laßt resort and there it was found that be bad a cancer and that it was only a question of time until he must give up his life. He was never strong enough to leave the hospital and his wife spent considerable time there with him. It was a Catholic hospital and it is understood That aside from the cost of the operation which was performed soon after he first went there, he was cared for without cost. Peter Van Lear was an industrious man, a good workman, a thrifty man considering his pool 1 health and there will be much genuine sorrow because of his death. He leaves a wife, who Is also an Invalid, and a son about 5 years of ape. . The body will be brought to Rensselaer tonight and the burial % will probably be made Sunday, although the funeral arrangements have not yet been made. Undertaker Wright received only brief word concerning the death. Mrs. Van Lear is a sister of Mrs. John Hordeman and it is expected that the body will be taken to the Hordemqp home instead of the little Van Lear cottage on Front street.