Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 234, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1915 — Funeral of J. Ed Erwin Was Held at DeMotte. [ARTICLE]

Funeral of J. Ed Erwin Was Held at DeMotte.

Jim Erwin, of DeMotte, whose brother, John Edgar Erwin, died at the county infirmary Friday morning, came to Rensselaer and made arrangements to have thebody taken to DeMotte for burial by the side of the grave of one of his sons. The funeral took place this Saturday afternoon at the home of Jim Erwin in DeMotte. Besides a widow and two sons, Don and Fred, Mr. Erwin left his brother Jim and three sisters, namely, Mrs. Leon Shaffner, of Kouts; Mrs. Robert Espey, of Bellbrook, Tenn., and Mrs. Robert Strowbridge, of Areata, Cal. The deceased was 60 years of age last February.