Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 114, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1913 — CHICAGO YOUTH DIED AFTER LONG SICKNESS [ARTICLE]

CHICAGO YOUTH DIED AFTER LONG SICKNESS

Earl Woodeox Passed Away Monday Afternoon After Suffering Relapse From Recent Illness.

Earl Woodcox, the Chicago lad who was a patient for seven weeks at the Rensselaer hospital, died Monday afternoon at the home his mother had so recently taken in part of the Michael property at the corner of South Cullen and Rutsen streets. He was considerably improved when taken from the. hospital only a week before his death and there seemed a probability that he would live throughout the sutamer, but a relapse took place Sunday night and he grew worse rapidly. Rheumatism, which attacked- the inner lining of the heart, was the cause of death. He had suffered several rheumatic spells but not until thp sickness which resulted in his death had his heart been affected. Earl moved with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Woodcox, to Florida about two,years ago, and returned to Chicago last fall. In March he came to Rensselaer to visit’his sisters, Mrs. T. H. Stephens and Miss Hazel Woodoox. Soon after his arrival he was siezed with an attack of rheumatism and was taken to the hospital. His condition was so serious that his death was expected almost any day for two weeks. He took a change for the better, however, and continued to improve until the relapse came Sunday night. Earl was born in Hicksville, Ohio, August 2, 1895, and moved with his parents to Chicago when a small boy. Besides the parents he leaves four sisters, Mrs. T. H. Stephens, of Rensselaer; Mrs. Fred Martin, of Chicago, and Hazel and Dorothy Woodcox.

The funeral will be a private one, only members of the family attending. It will be held at the residence Wednesday morning, at 10 o’clock, conducted by Rev. J. C. Parrett, of the Presbyterian church. Interment will be made in Weston cemetery.