Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 151, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1913 — Wife of Lewis Alter Died Saturday After Short Illness. [ARTICLE]

Wife of Lewis Alter Died Saturday After Short Illness.

Mrs. Lewis Alter, of west Carpenter township, died Saturday noon at her home after a short illness from uremie poisoning, aged about o 3 years. The funeral was held at the home at 2 p. m. Monday, burial being made In the family burying ground near by. The funeral was largely attended, the Altar's being old residents of the county.' Mrs. Alter, with her husband, had been visiting the latter’s brothers in Union township a few days last week, returning home by way of Rensselaer Tuesday and while here she complaiped of a terrible headache and procured medicine here. The trip and severe heat Is supposed to have Caused her illness. She grew worse after reaching home and her daughter, Miss Minnie Alter, Who is a trained nurse at Lafayette, was sent for, but neither medical air nor nursling was of avail and death ensued about noon Saturday. Mrs. Alters maiden name was Ella Nash, and she leaves a husband and nine children, one child having preceded her in death. The surviving children are, John, Ghas. surviving children are, John, Chas., Chris., Myrtle Lacey and Lester, who are still at home; Mrs. Bessie Stanley, of Medaryville; Minnie; of Lafayette, and Lewis, of Nebraska. All were at her bedside except the son in Nebraska. Mrs. Alter had been a member of the Rebekah lodge at Remington for more than twenty years.