Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 192, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1913 — CHARLES E. SAGE DIED TUESDAY P. M. [ARTICLE]

CHARLES E. SAGE DIED TUESDAY P. M.

Esteemed Citizen and Former Trustee of Jordan Township Victim of Short Illness.

Charles E. Sage, a highly respected farmer and former Trustee of Jordan township, died at about 1:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at his home southwest of this cfty after a brief sickness. He was first taken sick the first of August with what was believed to be inflammation of the bowels. Drs. Kennedy and Kinneman, of Goodland, attended him. His condition did not become alarming until early Tuesday morning and. the physician who attended him at that time decided to call a specialist at once. The specialist arrived in Rensselaer at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon and went at once to the Sage home but he had passed away before that hour. Meningitis was assigned as the cause of death. Mr. Sage z would have been 47 years of age in September. He is survived by his wife and six children, the three older being sons and the three younger daughters, their names being from the oldest to the youngest, George, RusselL Ray, Esther, Jeany and Ruth. George is 21 years,old and Ruth is 7. He leaves two brothers and one sister, Warren Sage and Mrs. John Eck, of Jasper county, and John Sage, of Goodland. He was an energetic farmer, a Christian gentleman and an exemplary citizen and his death will be mourned wherever he was known. The funeral arrangements have not been made at this time