Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1913 — FORMER RESIDENT DIED AT ALBUQUERQUE [ARTICLE]

FORMER RESIDENT DIED AT ALBUQUERQUE

John U. Coen, Brother of Will Coen, Victim of Tuberculosis—Left Here in 1891.

J. Will Coen,* of Rensselaer, received a telegram Friday informing him of the death at Albuquerque, N. ,Mex„ of bis brother, John U. Coen. He was greatly shocked at the news, as he was not aware that his brother had been In especially bad health. John lived at Altus, Okla., making his home with his mother, Mrs. Mary E. Coep. He had been engaged in the mercantile business for many years and' was a Very hard worker. It is presumed that the close confinement is responsible for tuberculosis, which caused his death. When the disease first attacked him about three months ago he was taken to southern Texas. H*e returned from there to Altus and about three weeks ago went to Albuquerque, N. Mex. His brother, Stephen, lives at Alburquerquc and his sister, Miss Bessie, accompanied him there. The body was shipped back to Altus for burial. Will found that he could-not reach there before the' funeral and decided to whit and go at a later time. John U. Coen was 49 years of age and accompanied his parents to the southwest in 1891. He was unmarried and had always lived with his mother. His sister, Miss Bessie, was the housekeeper. The mother survives and is almost 80 years of age. Besides the sister at home and Steve in Albuquerque, there'are three other brothers and one other sister. They are: Mrs. Rosa Gordon, and Ira C. Coen, fed Coen, of Snyder, Okla., and JJ. Will Coen, of Rfensselaer.