Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1913 — Obituary. [ARTICLE]

Obituary.

Mary Elizabeth, eldest child o! James and Jennie Whited, was born in Wheatfleld, Ind., September 19, 1896, and died in the home of her parents, on the Henry Harris farm, six miles west of Rensselaer, February 6, 1913, aged 16 years, 4 months and 17 days. While she was yet a small child the family moved- to MedaTyville, later to Parr and finally to their present home where they have lived for the two years prior to the death of Mary. In her death she leaves to mourn their loss, her father, mother, three brothers, namely, Earl, Alva and Marion, one sister, Nellie and a host of relatives and friends. She was attending school at the time of her death and will be greatly missed by her teacher and all of her schoolmates. She had never joined the church, but was a girl of most excellent character and a most constant reader of the Bible. The funeral was held at Wheatfleld, in the M. E. church, on Saturday, February Bth, at 1:30 p. m., conducted by Rev. J. P. Green, of Rensselaer, a minister whom she had heard preach at Parr, and of whom she thought a great deal. The remains were laid to rest in Wheatfleld cemetery. ,