Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 290, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1918 — AGED PIONEER IS SUMMONED [ARTICLE]

AGED PIONEER IS SUMMONED

had spent almost a half CENTURY IN JASPER COUNTY. Mrs Emma Keener-BuNis, wife of Charles W. Burns, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Della Matthews, hi South Bend, Wednesday, December 11, at 11:10 p. m. Mr. and Mrs. Burns had gone to South Bend about six weeks ago for a visiit with the family of their daughter. Mrs. Burns ’had been afflicted with paralysis for a few years and her condition became much worse and an inward stroke seemed to have been the cause of her death. *

Mr. and Mrs. Burns have been married for almost fifty years, and durng their married 'life they have'lived in this county. She was before her marriage Miss Emma Keener. Mr. and Mrs. Burns are the parents of ten living children, three sons and seven daughters. The deceased lacked less tharptwo years of having lived heraHottedxime of three score and, ten, as she was sixty-eight years of age. She was a woman of-great force of character and has contributed largely to the progress of the community, of which she had long been an important part.