Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1915 — ED PECK DIED SUDDENLY IN N. Y. [ARTICLE]

ED PECK DIED SUDDENLY IN N. Y.

Former Remington Postmaster Who Had Recently Moved to New York, Died Tuesday. •, % All of Rensselaer will share with the town of Remington and the surrounding country the most genuine sorrow at the sudden and untimely death which has come to W. E. Peck, better known as Ed Peck, for many years prior to last spring the postmaster at Remington For two months or more Mr. Peck, who moved a few months ago to Chautauqua county, New York, where he had purchased a farm, had been in very poor health, suffering from heart trouble. At one time his condition was very critical, but he had very much improved and his death came as a terrible shock to his Remington relatives and his friends throughout the county. Word came by telegram Tuesday afternoon that he had’ died that day at his farm home, not far from Jamestown, New York. His brothers, Charles H. Peck, the Remington merchant, and Frank Peck, the Remington druggist, left for New York on Tuesday evening to accompany the remains back to Remington, where the funeral will :be held Friday at an hour to be stated later. It is very probable that quite a large number of people from Rensselaer will go to attend the funeral, especially members of the Knights of Pythias order of which Mr. Peck was a long time-member and a great enthusiast. Mr. Peck was always an ardent republican and as a politician had an acquaintance extending all over the state He was a jovial man, of large stature and clear countenance and had extensive friendships that made him one of the most popular men in Jasper county His age was about fifty years and he leaves a widow and five children. The oldest is Mrs. Ernest Swift, of Remington, and the others are all at the home. Their names and ages being, Walter 18, George 15, Harry 11 and Kathryn 8. He is also survived by five brothers and one sister, namely, Charles, Frank, Ike, Jim and Morris, of Remington, and Mrs. Max Price, of Middlesboro, Ky. The remains will be shipped to Rensselaer, probaibly reaching here Friday morning, and will be taken to Remington by automobile and the funeral held Friday afternoon, - - t Genuine Jackson Hill egg ( Coal, sold by Hamilton & Kellner.