Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 147, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1915 — DEATH RELIEVES TWO INVALID WOMEN [ARTICLE]

DEATH RELIEVES TWO INVALID WOMEN

Mn. Emma Lyons aad Mrs. Maud Lucy Pass Away During Early Hours of the Morning. Death occurred at early hoars this Tuesday rooming to two invalid wo* men in this city, relieving them from suffering that had long held only small prospect of improvement. They were Mrs. Emma Lyons and Mrs. Maud Lucy. Mrs. Lyons is the mother of John Lyons and of Mrs. A. G. Lucas and Mrs. Earl Clouse, of this city. She had lived here only a few months, haring for a number of years prior to coming here been a resident of Remington. Her husband is William Lyons, who continues to reside in Remington. She is shout 60 years of age and had suffered for a long time from heart;trouble. She became Worse some five weeks agio and two weeks ago took to her bed and gradually sank to the end. The funeral will be held at the Christian church in Remington Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Burial wifi be made hi the Remington cemetery. Mrs. Maud Lucy was the daughter of Mr jand Mrs. Harry Hendricks and made her home with her parents in the northwest part of town. Mr. Hendricks and family lived for a number of years in Jordan township, but moved to Washington several years ago. They returned here some two years ago and Mrs. Lucy came about a year ago. She had undergone an operation some two years ago for adhesions of the bowels and her invalidism bad continued since that time, finally developing general peritonitis. Monday evening Dr. H. M. Richter, the Chicago surgeon, was called and aided by Dr. Hemphill, the family physician, and Dr. Kresler, an operation was performed on Mrs. Lucy at about 9 o'clock. She never fully rallied from the anaesthetic and died at 1:40 o’clock this Tuesday morning. Mrs. Lucy was 31 years of age and has no children. Her husband resides in Washington. Besides the parents she leaves a brother, Clarence Hendricks, who lives in Walla Walla, Wash. The funeral arrangements were delayed until word could be received from her brother.