Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1917 — AGED LADY PASSES TO BEYOND [ARTICLE]

AGED LADY PASSES TO BEYOND

■ • 'j- - Mrs. Mary Go W land Passed Away At Her Home Tuesday Afternoon At Age of 82 Years. >Mrs. Mary Gowland pasted away at her home in this city Tuesday afternoon, at 2:45 after an illness that hac extended over the -past several months. Mrs. at the time of her death was 82 years of age, having been bo;n in October, 1834. Death was due t© chronic kidney disease. Mrs. Gowland’s condition had been quite bad for the past several days and owing to her advanced age there were no hopes entertained of her recovery. Deceased was an ardent member of the Methodist church and had been active in the work of the chureh ever since having been a member and that institution will lose one of its oldest and foremost members with her death. Mrs. Gowland’s husband preceded her to the grave, having died about twelve gears ago. Those left to mourn her death are four childrerf, as follows: Mrs. C. Heweft, of Sleeper, Mo.; Henry Gowland, of this county; Mrs. Thomas Redgate and Miss Clara Gowland, of this city. One brother, Robert Cooley, of Peotone, 111., survives hero The funeral will be. held Thursday morning at 10:30 at the M. E. church and the - services will be conducted by Rev. Strecker. Burial will be made in the Goodland cemetery beside Die body of her husband.