Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 248, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1913 — JOHN BEECHER VICTIM OF APOPLEXY [ARTICLE]

JOHN BEECHER VICTIM OF APOPLEXY

Died at 3 O’clock in the Morning After Slight Warning-Had Lost Leg Previously.

John Beecher, for fifteen years a resident of Jordan township and for the past year and a half a r&sident of Rensselaer, died suddenly at ab-dut 3 o’clock this Friday morning at his home on College Avenue, near the residence of Firman Rutherford. Mr. Beecher was a native of Germany. He had lived in Illinois for several years prior to his removal to this county. In 1904 he suffered a stroke of paralysis and one leg became useless. Gangrene set In and some five or six years ago he had ithe limb amputated. In 1910 he had another stroke of paralysis. He had been able to be up most of the time since that stroke, however, and had recently been enjoying fair health. He was on the business street of Rensselaer Thursday afternoon. During the night he complained that he was feeling faint and he got up and sat in a chair. Mrs. Beecher and their daughter, Mrs. Anna Thurlow, who lives with them, attended him and he soon seemed easier and ate an apple. At about 3 o’clock, however, he lurched suddenly to one side and slipped from his chair, dearth apparently being instantaneous. Deceased has two children, Mrs. Thurlow, a widow, who' lived at home, and Jesse Beecher, of Jordan township. The funeral will take place at the residence Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, being conducted by Rev. J. G. Parrett. Burial will be made in Weston cemetery.