Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 243, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1912 — SORROW IN KEENER TOWNSHIP HOME [ARTICLE]

SORROW IN KEENER TOWNSHIP HOME

Daughter ol William Van Wienen Died In Chicago Hospital Following Appendicitis Operation. Louise Van Wienan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Van IWienen, of Keener township, died in a Chicago 'hospital on Sunday, Sept. 29th, following an operation for appendicitis. The girl was 15 years of age and was a great favorite in the neighborhood, being a beautiful and dutiful girl and a great worker in the Holland Sunday school. She was taken sick the Sunday before her death and -her condition became so alarming that she was taken to a Chicago hospital. The surgeons expressed grave doubts about saving her life, as the appendix had ruptured and complications had ensued that are very difficult to cope with. She could not be saved and passed away at the hospital. The body was taken to Dalton, 111., for burial. The parents were grief stricken and the sorrow they felt extended throughout the neighborhood and wherever the girl was known. Trustee Tunis Snip reports that she was a girl of unusual qualities and in the home, the school and the Sunday school she was always devoted to the happiness and comfort of those about her.