Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1913 — ANOTHER AGED MAN REMOVED BY DEATH [ARTICLE]

ANOTHER AGED MAN REMOVED BY DEATH

Joseph Sharp Passed Away Sunday Morning After Long Sickness — Funeral Tuesday.

Joseph Shifrp, familiarly known for many years as “Uncle Joe,” passed away Sunday morning at 11:30 o’clock at his home on Scott street in Rensselaer. He had been in failing health for a long time and especially low for the past two or three weeks, although he was able each day to be dressed and to be up and about the home. Friday he took somewhat worse but he was up as usual Saturday and at 5 o’clock Sunday morning he had himself dressed as usual and redined on a sofa, where he spent much of his time each day. He lapsed into unconsciousness at about 9 o’clock and from that passed quietly away. Joseph- Sharp was born in Ohio. He had lived In Rensselaer since 1884, during all of which time, with the exception of recent months, he had beep employed by poultry dealers, where he was always a popular man with farmers. His wife died in 1906 and he lived with his two daughters, Ethel and Opal,-the former a teacher in the Rensselaer schools and the latter employed'as a photographer in the studio of her aunt, Mrs. Joseph Sharp. One other child, John, of Chicago Heights, survives. He arrived here Sunday a few hours after his father’s death. He also leaves one brother, Thomas Sharp, of Guthrie, Okla, and one sisier, Mrs. Mary Devlin, of Burnett’s Creek, White county. The funeral will be held Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock at the late residence, conducted by Rev. C. L. Harper, of Trinity M. E. church.