Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 276, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1914 — Widow of Jacob Parker Died In Wabash Wednesday. [ARTICLE]

Widow of Jacob Parker Died In Wabash Wednesday.

Mrs. Catharine Rowen, Mrs. Austin O. Moore and Miss Emily Bull went to Marion today to attend the funeral Sunday of Mrs. Etna English Parker, widow of Jacob Parker, who cued five years ago. Mrs. Parker died' Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Vern Kendall, at Wabash and the body was taken , to her former home at Marion for interment. She is a sister of Mrs. Rowen and Mrs. Moore and an aunt of Miss Bull. Her age was 52 years. A nervous breakdown which centered in her brain caused her death and she lay unconscious for several days, before death came. Mrs. Moore spent -part of last week at Wabash ’with her. Mrs. Parker leaves four children, namely, Mrs. Alto Kendall, of Wabash; Mrs.<Gertie Barr, of Marion; Ray Parker, of Findlay, Ohio, and Harold Parker, 15 years of age, who has been living with his sister at Marion. Deceased formerly lived in this county and will be well remembered by many readers of The Republican. Her husband, whose death occurred five years ago, was a brother of Trustee George Parker, of Hanging Grove township.