Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 242, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1912 — MRS. GRACE NICHOLS LEATHEROCK IS DEAD [ARTICLE]

MRS. GRACE NICHOLS LEATHEROCK IS DEAD

Daughter of S. R» Nichols and Lady of Marked Literary Talent Died at Putnam, Oklahoma. S. R. Nichols Tuesday night received the had news that his daughter, Mrs. R. E. Leatherock, .had died at Putnam, Okla., where her husband was engaged in the practice of medicine. As Grace Nichols she will be rdmember©4 to many of the people of Rensselaer and Jasper county. She taught in .the district schools for some time and later went to .the state university at Bloomington, where she met Mr. Leatherock. She later taught in the Remington high school and In the high school at Madison, S. Dak. After their marriage Mr. Leatherock taught in the science department of the Rensselaer high'school. He also attended medical college while here and after his graduation they moved to Cherryvale, Kans., and later to Putnam, Oklahoma, where he built up a large practice. Mrs. Leatherock had considerable literary talent and a number of h?r poems were published some years ago in The Republican. They also were accepted by a number of magazines. Deceased leaves a husband and three children, girls aged about 12 and 15 years and a son aged about 7. She was 4-1 years of age the Ist of October. Mrs. Leatherock visited her father here four years ago, remaining for about a month. Two yeans later her -two daughters were here. Owing to her father’s temporary illness he did not think it advisable to make the trip to Putnam to attend the funeral.