Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1913 — FORMER RESIDENT DIED AT OAK PARK [ARTICLE]

FORMER RESIDENT DIED AT OAK PARK

E. M. Hyland, Former Hotel Man, Passed Away Friday Following --- Stroke of Paralysis. — Ed N. Hyland, lor many years a resident of Rensselaer and for the past sevearl years a resident of Oak 3 ark, a Chicago suburb, wher#- he lad a beautiful home> died Friday following a stroke of paralysis that occurred several days ago. He had been in failing health for several months and: relatives here had been informed that his condition wassuch that there was very small chance of improvement. He was unconscious following his stroke of >aralysis until death came. Mr. Hyand Was almost 80 years of age. He removed from Rensselaer about seventeen years ago, after having conducted the Nowels House, then called the Hyland House, for some time. He also ran thq mill for a number ol years back in the eighties. Many will recall him as the owner of the trotting stallion, Billy Wonder, which A. L. Padgitt afterward owned. Mr. Hyland gave the horse a record of 2:39, which in those days was a very good record. Mr. Padgitt gave the horse a somewhat faster record and won a number of races with hdm. Mr. Hyland was twice married and is survived by his .second wife, who is a sister of Mrs. John Q. Alter and Mrs. Mary Jane Hopkins, of this place, and of Oscar Tharp, of Monticello. He had one daughter, Miss Brit Hyland, by his first marriage, and twin daughters, Maru and Miriam Hyland, by his second marriage. The daughters are all married and one of them and her husband lived with Mr. and Mrs. Hyland at Oak Park. The funeral will be held Sunday, but none of the Rensselaer relatives will attend it.