Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1913 — RUE PRIEST DIED MONDAY, APRIL 14 [ARTICLE]

RUE PRIEST DIED MONDAY, APRIL 14

Former Rensselaer Young Man is Victim of Paresis Resulting From Heart Trouble.

Rue Priest, 42 years of age, son of Robert Priest and for many years a resident of this city, died in a sanitarium at Elgin, 111., Monday of last week and his funeral took place Thursday at the Elmwood cemetery, Chicago. : Rue moved to Chicago with his parents many years ago and had been quite successful in that city. He-was stricken with paresis several weeks ago and was removed to the sanitarium* the doctors pronouncing his disease incurable. He was in the sanitarium less than two weeks when death came, resulting suddenly from valvular heart trouble. He leaves a wife and four children and his mother, his father having died several years ago. Although his, condition was poorly for some time he had arranged his business affairs in fine shape and his family \yill be left in very comfortable circumstances. His pother arid wife are named as joint executors of his will, and he had converted his property into cash and good securities. , Rue Priest will be remembered by all who went to school in Rensselaer some twenty-five years ago. He was a very popular young man and a very worthy one and his untimely death will cause sorrow among all his old acquaintances here.