Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 273, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1914 — Obituary of Miss Amanda Israel. [ARTICLE]

Obituary of Miss Amanda Israel.

Mis® Amanda Israel Was born near Franklin, Ind., March 6, 1838, and died Nov. 13, 1914, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Mattie Grant, in Rensselaer, being 76 years of age. She united With the Methodist church in 1875 at flhe age of 37, to which church she has alWayts been a devoted member. Miss Israel Was never married and Since the death of her mother 37 years ago she had m’ade her home with her sister, Mrs. Grant; Her general health had always been good until last May, when she gradually began to fail. A complication of heart trouble and bright’s disease followed and for six weeks she (had ’been confined to her bed. She suffered no pain during that time and a few days (before her death : he became unconstfou's, from Which state she npVer rallied, sleeping quietly away at 4:30 o’clock Friday afternoon. She leaves as immediate relatives, one brother, P. R. Israel, and one sister, Mrs. Mattie Grant: also many nephew®, nieces and friends. , The funeral was held at the M. E. church, Sunday, Nov. 15, at 2:30 o’clock, conducted by Dr. Ourniek. Burial in Weston cemetery.