Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 286, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1913 — Funeral of Miss Eva Sayler Held Sunday Afternoon. [ARTICLE]

Funeral of Miss Eva Sayler Held Sunday Afternoon.

The body of. Miss Eva Sayler arrived here Saturday aftrenoon at 2 o’clock and it was l.ot until then that the particulars of her death were known to the relatives and friends in this city. Miss Sayler left Rensselaer about four and a half years ago and had been living with her brother, Arthur Sayler, near Great Bend, Kana, where her death occurred. She had been very poorly for the past year or more, suffering from a hervous collapse and something over two weeks before her death was taken to a hospital. She did not undergo an operation and two days before her death was removed to her brother’s home. . Her sister, Miss Ruth Sayler, arrived at Great Bend from Rensselaer in time-te-see ’her sister alive. Miss Ruth Sayler and Glenn N. Sayler, the latter a nephew of the deceased, accompanied the remains to this city. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock gt the M. E. church, being conducted by Rev. Paul C. Curnick, D. D. Burial was made in Weston cemetery. Eva Mock Sayler was bQrn near Rensselaer, Ind., May 16, 1860, to John and Louisa Sayler. She was converted to Christ and jolned the Methodist church when a young girl and was devoted to her faith to the end of her life, which came at Great Bend, Kans., Nov. 27th, 1913, her age being 53 years, 6 months and 11 days. Of the nearer relatives she leaves three brothers, Benjamin R, of California; William D., of Rensselaer; Arthur M., of Great Bend, Kans., and one sister, Ruth A. Sayler, of Rensselaer.