Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1914 — Received Sad News of Her Mother’s Sudden Death. [ARTICLE]

Received Sad News of Her Mother’s Sudden Death.

Mrs. J. W. Crooks this Thursday morning received a telegram imparting the sad news that her mother, Mrs. L. C. French, was dead. The news came as a great shock as only last Friday she had received a letter from her mother, and it stated that she was in her usual excellent health. Mrs. French’s home was at Mount Vernon, Ind., but her death occurred at Petersburg, where she was visiting. The funeral will be held at Mt. Vernon Friday of this week. Mrs. French would have been 81 years of age the 18th of June. She had enjoyed remarkable health and her .death came as a great shock to Mrs. Crooks, with whom she had visited three weeks since Christmas. Mrs. Mrs. was the mother of thirteen children, ten of whom, 6 sons and 4 daughters, survive. She also raised three other children. She was a woman of unusual ability and her fine health was the marvel of all her family. This fact made the news-of her sudden death a great shock to them. Mrs. Crooks will go to Mt. Vernon to attend the funeral, probably going to Chicago first to a brother, who resides there. Tnl sympathy of the community will go out to Mrs. Crooks in her great loss.