Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1918 — MRS. CHARLES W. COEN PASSES AWAY AT SOUTH BEND [ARTICLE]

MRS. CHARLES W. COEN PASSES AWAY AT SOUTH BEND

Word was received here this morning of the sad death of Mrs. Charles W. Coen, of South Bend, at 7 p. m. Tuesday, March 5. Funeral services will be held at the late residence of the deceased at 2:30 p. m. Thursday and interment will be in the. South Bend cemetery, Mrs. Coen was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Headley Brown who were pioneer residents of this county. She spent the greater part of her useful life in this county where she was a very prominent factor in church and social circles. > " * She leaves to mourn their loss, Charles W. Coen, her husband, who was for a number of years a prominent business man of this city but is now connected with one of South Bend’s most substantial banks, and one son, Delos Coen, who is associated with his father in the management of the South Bend bank. While Mrs. Coen was a member of a large family of daughters, most of whom had reached the mature age of womanhood, she is survived by but three sisters, Mrs. John Randle, of this city; Mrs. Rebecca Porter, of South Bend, and Mrs. Minerva Karsner, of California. Her only brother, George Brown, of Knox, still survives. She had been a sufferer for a number of years through which she had passed with true Christian fortitude. Besides a large circle of loving relatives she leaves a host of very dear friends. A more extended sketch of 'this splendid woman will appear in a later issue of this paper.