Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1916 — JOSEPH A. ASHBY DIED WEDNESDAY [ARTICLE]

JOSEPH A. ASHBY DIED WEDNESDAY

Had Suffered Long Time With Dropsy—Funeral to Take Place Friday Morning. Joseph A. Ashby, 41 years of age, son of J. B. Ashby, of Mt. Ayr, died at 1:45 o’clock Wednesday miming. He had been an invalid for many months and his death was not unexpected. Dropsy was the cause of death. He was employed as a harness maker by his father for some time. He is urvived by his second wife and two sons by a former marriage. They are Ralph, aged 19, of Gary, ,and Riley, aged 21, of Caney, Kans. The funeral will take place at Mt. Ayr at 11 o’clock Friday morning and burial will be made iq, the North Star cemetery.