Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 301, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1918 — IS MARRIED AT MOTHER’S WISH [ARTICLE]

IS MARRIED AT MOTHER’S WISH

PARENT’S DEATH FOLLOWS SON’S WEDDING WITHIN . A FEW HOURS. -- Fifteen minutes after Christmias, 1918, has passed as time, Mrs. John Eger, who had expressed a fervent desire that she might five until this sacred holiday, followed into eternity. She had known for sometime that it would be impossible for her to live very long. She had requested her son, Trevor, to be married on Christmas day. This request was complied with. Christmas morning at 9 a. m., when Trevor Eger and Bessie Berea Bar? too were married at the home of the bride’s parents in Remington, iby Rev. Moore, pastor of the Christian church of that city. 'Miss Barboo, now Mrs. Trevor Eger, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Bartoo, of Remington. She had been in the Eger home here for a short time and her husband’s mother was anxious that her place in the Eger home be taken by the* daughter-in-law. The death of Mrs. John Eger takes from this community a moat splendid 1 woman. She was especially interest- i ed in church work, in which institu- I tion she was a tireless worker and staunch supporter. Her home was ■ one of the most beautiful and the flowers in her yard which she herself worked with so much were always so pretty and attractive. The passing of no one person in the city could be more universally mourned than that of this lovable woman. Her deeds of kindness and benevolence cannot be enumerated, for dhe was busy with them during her entire life. We give but a brief sketch of her life. Her maiden name was Mary Rossbacker, and she was born in Kendallville June 15, 1860. September 30, 1880, she was married to John Eger, of this city. She was a member of the Presbyterian church. She is survived by her husband and her son, Trevor, a sister, Mrs. Otto. Hayden, of Terre Haute; two brothers, John Rossbacker, of Muncie, and Charles Rossbacker, of Toledo, Ohio. Funeral services will be held at the late home of .the deceased Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, and will be in charge of Revs. J. B. Fleming and J. C. Parrett, the latter for a number of years Mrs. Eger’s beloved pastor but now serving the. Presbyterian church in Hammond. The home will be / opeiied for friends from 9 a. m. to 10 a. m. Fri-