Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1918 — ANOTHER CITIZEN ANSWERS CALL [ARTICLE]

ANOTHER CITIZEN ANSWERS CALL

DEATH CLAIMS B. F. LEAMING AFTER LONG PERIOD OF SICKNESS. v Ferman B. Learning died at his late home on College avenue Tuesday, July 30, at 10:30 p. m. He had been an invalid for a number of year and the cause of his death was a malignant tumor. The deceased was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, February 18, 1854. He came to Rensselaer in* 1880 and was married to Mariam E. Spitler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion I. Spitler, February 1, 1883. To this union two sons were born, Marion L., of Chicago, and Harry H., of Oklahoma City, Okla.

Mr. Learning was for a number of years in the drug business in this city. In 1888 he moved to Auburn, where he resided for a year and in 1889, he moved to Goshen. He remained in Goshen until November, 1912, at which time he returned to this city. \ Ip 1906 he suffered a stroke of apoplexy while in Detroit, Mich. From this sickness he never recovered and since moving here he had been a very great sufferer. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias, Masons and Maccabbes. On account of, illness In the home, the funeral services will be-held at five o’clock Thursday evening at Weston cemetery.