Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 143, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1917 — MRS. MARY FOLTZ DEAD [ARTICLE]

MRS. MARY FOLTZ DEAD

PASSED AWAY MONDAY AT LO-GANSPORT-FUNERAL WILL BE HELD THURSDAY. Mrs. Mary A. Foltz passed away at the asylum at Longcliff Monday r afternoo.n at 2 o’clock, after an illness which has extended over the past four or five years. Mrs. Foltz at the time of her death was slightly past eighty years of age, having been born February 3, 1837. Deceased was born in Darke county, Ohio, and with her parents came to Indiana a few years later, locating just east of Crawfordsville, Ind. Later the family moved to Rumley, Ind., twelve miles from Lafayette, where she grew to womanhood. »In 1856 her marriage to Cyrus Foltz occurred, to which union two children were born, Frank Foltz, of this city, and Mrs. May Susan Thompson. Mrs. Foltz when a very young girl joined the Methodist church and throughout her lifetime was an earnest believer in that faith. She was one of the kindest, sweetest, most patient and self-sacrificing women that could be found and her death removes a most noble woman and one whose goodness throughout life will always be remembered. The body will arrive in this city this evening. The funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m. Thursday afternoon at the house and burial will be made- in Weston cemetery. The services will be conducted by Rev. E. W. Strecker.