Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 256, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1915 — WILLIAM PETTY DIED IN CHICAGO HOSPITAL [ARTICLE]

WILLIAM PETTY DIED IN CHICAGO HOSPITAL

Union Township Man Passed Away Wednesday Morning—Taken to City For Operation. William Petty, aged about 44 years, died in a Chicago hospital at 8:00 o’clock Wednesday morning. He was taken to the city Tuesday for an operation. It was an emergency case and the 10:36 train stopped at Fair Oaks to permit him being taken on the train. Dr. A. R. Kresler, of this city, accompanied him to the hospital, returning here that evening and was not present when his death occurred. Mr. Petty’s wife was formerly Miss Fae Bradford, who taught school in this county for several years and is teaching again this year at Fair Oaks. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bradford, of Bloomfield, came this Thursday morning to attend the funeral.