Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1916 — MRS. TOM DAVIS DIED AT HOME IN KNIMAN [ARTICLE]

MRS. TOM DAVIS DIED AT HOME IN KNIMAN

After Long. Sickness Death Came As Relief to Sufferings of Well Known Woman. Mrs. Tom Davis, who has been quite sick for the last four months, succumbed at her home in Kniman at about 6 o’clock this Monday morning. Mrs. Davis was the victim of dropsy and was recently taken to Chicago for an operation, which, however, only served as temporary relief, and death came quietly after her long and patient suffering. Mrs. Davis was not only known at Kniman, but in the surrounding country, ds a hard and faithful worker and a good-hearted woman. She was always willing to help those in need of help. Mrs. Davis was 53 years of age and leaves a husband, eight children, two brothers, two sisters and a host of friends to mourn her death. The children are William, James and Ernest, of Kniman; Mrs. Vernon Michaels, of Kniman, Mrs. George Davis, of Brook, Mrs. Frank McColly, of Thayer, Mrs. Clinton Spangler, of Wheatfield, Mrs. Charles Smith, of Steele, N. Dak. All of the children were present when death came except Mrs. Smith, who visited there a few weeks ago. Mrs. Davis’s brothers are William and John Ulyat, of Brook; her sisters are Mrs. Mary Murfitt, of Kniman, and Mrs. Carrie Geesa, of Boise, Idaho. The funeral will be held in Kniman at 10 o’clock Wednesday morning and Rev. Emerick of Wheatfield, will conduct the service. The body will oe taken to Mrs. Davis’s former home in Brook for burial.