Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 188, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1915 — Author of Siwash Stories Dies Following Operation. [ARTICLE]

Author of Siwash Stories Dies Following Operation.

George Fitch, author of the Siwash stories, of Peoria, 111., died at a sanitarium in Berkley, Cal., Monday, having failed to rally from an operation for appendicitis performed Sunday. Mr, Fitch was taken ill on Saturday. Mr. Fitch went to California early last July with Mrs. Fitch, who was with him at the time of his death. Arrangements have been made to remove the body to Peoria for burial after funeral services have been held in Berkley next Friday. Miss Leonora McMurray, of Francesville, and Miss Sylvia Eldridge, of Monticello, are visiting Miss Elizabeth King.