Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 158, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1914 — MRS. SARAH WATSON DIED AT AGE OF 83 [ARTICLE]

MRS. SARAH WATSON DIED AT AGE OF 83

Aged Widow of Charles Watson Passed Away At Home of Her Sister, Mrs. John Kresler. Mrs. Sarah Watson, aged 83 years, died at 9 o’clock this Tuesday morning at the home otf her sister, Mrs. John Kresler, on South Cullen street. She had been very low for i the past three -weeks. Her maiden name was Sarah Porter, and she was the sister of Mrs. Kresler and Mrs. Jennie Widhard, of this city, and R. B. Porter, of Mt. Vernon, S. Dak. Her husband, Charles Watson, died about thirty years ago, and since that time she had resided with her -brother and sisters, being at |he Kresler home for the past five years. She had no children. -- The funeral will be held Thursday morning at 9 o’clock and burial will be made at the Crockett cemetery.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Duvall arrived home Sunday evening from a wedding trip on the lakes.. Monday evening a reception was tendered them by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Duvall, at their home on Weston street. The Rensselaer relatives and a few friends were guests and a splendid time was enjoyed by all. A 6 o’clock picnic supper was served on the lawn of the Duvall home. Carl and his bride have begun housekeeping in the property where Earl and his family had resided prior to the death of Earl’s wife. ••

Theodore George, agent for the Canadian Pacific lands in Canada, left this morning for the northwestern trip, accompanied by E. J. Duvall, C. W. Duvall, D. H. Yeoman, E. L. Wolfe and Leslie Clark, of Rensselaer, and Mt. W. B. Morris and C. D. Legg, of Chalmers. They will probably all visit both in Alberta and Saskatchewan and in all probability some will buy land there. Many others who found it impossible to go at this time, are planning to take the next trip, which will leave Rensselaer on July 21st.