Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1915 — MRS. F. B. MEYER DIED IN HOSPITAL [ARTICLE]

MRS. F. B. MEYER DIED IN HOSPITAL

Was-Stricken While On Lake Shore Train—Funeral and Burial to Be Held in This City. Mrs. Frank B. Meyer died in the Gary Hospital Wednesday afternoon at about 3 o’clock, having sunk rapidly following a stroke of paralysis which occurred that morning. Her brother, A. R. Hopkins, of this city, arrived at the hospital some little time before her death but she was unconscious and did not recognize him. Mrs. Meyer was feeling about as usual Wednesday morning and in

company with her daughter, Thena, now Mrs. Robert E. Thompson, of Winamac, planned a shopping trip to Chicago. They started to the Lake Shore depot and ran a short distance, probably not more than a third of a block, to catch the train. As soon as they were seated Mrs. Meyer ..complained of a pain in the side of her head. She at once became very sick and when the train reached Indiana Harbor, about 8 miles from Gary, her condition was such that she and Mrs. Thompson left the train. A physician and an ambulance were called and she was removed to the Gary General Hospital. Before arriving there she lapsed into unconsciousness and never rallied. The physicians say that the exertion of the short run caused the bursting of a blood vessel in her head and that this caused paralysis and death. At her bedside when the end came were her husband and their three children, Lawson and Jim Meyer and Mrs. Thompson, also her brother, Bert.. Her brother, Arthur and wife, arrived after she had passed away. She also has another sister, Mrs. Addie Crosscup, of Townsend, Mont., who is on her way here to attend the funeral, and another brother, Alfred W. Hopkins, formerly of Chicago. The body will be brought to Rensselaer on the 2:01 train Friday and taken to the residence of Arthur H. Hopkins,- which was Mrs. Meyer’s home when a girl. The funeral will take place Saturday afternoon at 2:30, Rev. Parrett, of the Presbyterian church, conducting a brief service at the Hopkins home. Burial will be made on the Meyer lot in Weston cemetery.

Mrs. Meyer had resided in Rensselaer all of her life until their removal to Gary agout eight years ago. Mr. Meyer served for some time as postmaster of this city and for many years prior to that was engaged in the drug business here, in the same building now occupied by Larsh & Hopkins. He is now in the drug business in Gary, having his store on Broadway. Mrs. Meyer was active in the Presbyterian church during her residence here and since going to Gary has kept up her Work in that denomination. She has also been one of the active workers there in hospital matters and was one of the woifien who raisefi the funds for building the Gary General Hospital in which she died. Her sudden death was a great shock tbiier many friends in this city, as it will be to readers of The Republican who knew her during their residence here.

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