Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1913 — Condition of Estimable Lady is Now Critical. [ARTICLE]

Condition of Estimable Lady is Now Critical.

The condition of Mrs. Charles A. Roberts, who has been ill for the past three weeks, is now very critical and a very slight paralytic stroke, accompanied by a hemorrhage of the brain occurred at 6 o’clock this Tuesday morning and indications today are that she can not long survive. She had a nervous breakdown three weeks ago and the brain hemorrhage has occurred during that period and she has constantly grown weaker, her condition puzzling the physicians. Mrs. Roberts is well known in Rensselaer, where she has always lived, and where she has accomplished so much as a leader in works of charity. Always energetic in the interest of the poor and unfortunate, she understood their needs and their qualities of dependability better-jhan any other person in town, and she was a firm believer in good business management in all eharlties. Of an especially jovial good nature and apparently in the very best of health, her present serious condition seems almost unbelievable. Following the stroke this morning word was sent to her sisters, Mrs. S. 8. Barnes and Mrs. F. W. Vanatta, of Fowler, and the former, accompanied by her husband, arrived here at about 10. o’clock. Mrs. Vanatta was prevented from coming owing to illness.