Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1917 — REPORTS DEATH OF MRS. J. P. GARRIOTT [ARTICLE]

REPORTS DEATH OF MRS. J. P. GARRIOTT

Wife of Former Union Township Teacher Died Suddenly In Chi- *■' cago Last Week. Somonauk (Ill.) Reveille. The remains of Mrs. J. P. Garriott, who died suddenly at her home in Chicago Tuesday afternoon of last week, were brought to .Somonauk | Thursday and the funeral was held I at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Prussing Friday afternoon. Edna Pearl Pressing was born on March 20th, 1880, in Somonauk. Here she spent her childhood days and grew to womanhood, at all times being loved and esteemed by all with whom she was associated. Nov. 14, 1914, she was united in marriage to Dr. J. B. Garriott, of Chicago. These brief years of married life were filled with happiness and _ with a beautiful home iii Chicago they were making

great plans for the future. Mrs. Garriott, accompanied by her husband, motored out from Chicago and spent Christmas with her parents, returning home next day. On the morning of the 27th Mrs. Garriott, who was in a delicate condition, was feeling about as usual when her husband left for his office. Some time during the forenoon she was taken suddenly ill and went to the bath room. When her husband returned at noon instead of being received bv the p usual cheerful greetings of his wife he was confronted fcith the sad sight of the lifeless body of Mrs. Garriott leaning against the radiator in the bash room, where she had fallen in convulsions. All efforts to restore her were unavailing. A cdtoner’s inquestwas held Wednesday and a verdict was rendered in accordance with the above facts. The husband, father, mother, one sister, Mrs. Irving Arnold and three brothers, William, of St. Paul, Mitin., and Alvin and Delbert of this village, and a large circel of friends are. left to mourn her untimely death.