Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1913 — Funeral of George Phillips To Be Held Here Friday. [ARTICLE]

Funeral of George Phillips To Be Held Here Friday.

Al Ri'shling returned Wednesday evening, from Burnham, 111., where he had gone the day before after learning of the death of his brother-in-law, George Phillips. The body was shipped to Rensselaer, arriving here this Thursday evening, and will be taken to the Rlshling home, where at 10 o’clock Friday morning Rev. W. G. Winn will conduct a short funeral service and the body will be taken to the Osborne cemetery for burial. , Mr. Phillips’ death was very sudden. He worked nights in the car shops at Burnham and returned from his work Monday morning and retired to bed. A few hours later he suffered a hemorrhage, which produced apoplexy and death occurred Tuesday morning at 7 o’clock. He has no children but is survived by his wife,’ who is a daughter of W. H. Randle and wife He was related to many Rensselaer people, his mother, the widow of Fleming Phillips, now living with her daughter, Mrs. Rlshling, at the advanced age of 85 years.