Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 255, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1913 — Mrs. C. W. Fairbanks Died Friday in Indianapolis. [ARTICLE]

Mrs. C. W. Fairbanks Died Friday in Indianapolis.

Mrs. Charles Warren Fairbanks, wife of the former vice-president, died Friday in Indianapolis of pneumonia, alter a sickness of nine days. \ Her case was regarded as hopeless almost from the start Mrs. Fairbanks had been In poor health for some time, but the gravity of her last illness was not known by her friends, many of whom did not know that rfhe was 111 until after

her death. Mrs. Fairbanks was active in club life for many years The work that gave her the greatest prominence was in connection with the Daughters of the American Revolution, of which she was the president general from 1901 to 1905. She was regarded one of the very best parliamentarians among the women of the world. The Fairbanks home, where she died, had been occupied for less than a year. It is said the home was the realisation of long cherished hope, and that in architec-

ture it embodied many of er own ! ideas. She is survived by her husband, four sons, one daughter, her mother and two sisters. The funeral will take place in Indianapolis at 2 o’clock Bunday afternoon.