Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1919 — PASSES AWAY WHILE ASLEEP [ARTICLE]

PASSES AWAY WHILE ASLEEP

ANOTHER RENSSELAER MOTHER - TAKES QUIET FINAL LEAVE. For the second time within a very short period a husband in this city nas gone to' the bed of his dear one to awaken her, to find tnat his wife nad passed into the great (beyond, quietly and peacefully while in the stui sieep of night Isaac Aepner arose at his accustomed ume tnis morning and after aoing his usual morning work went co tne ped of his wule to awaken her. Ixo repiy was received to his call and upon approaching the bed the found tnat ms wne lay eold in death. Mrs. Aepner had been in delicate neaim for years, out upon retiring Tuesday night she seemed to be feeling qune well. A physician who was caned to the Kepner home said that sne possibly died .about midnight Though a suherer ior many years, this beloved mother was most patient and considerate and bore with a pleasant disposition and fortitude that was most admirable. The deceased was born in Ohio, June 22, lobo. Her name before her marriage to Isaac Kepner was Elizabeth M. Colvin. She is survived by her husband and four daughters, I'Mrs. Charles Waiters, of lusco, Arizona; Bertha, Ura ana Ruth, of this city, and two sons, Lee, of Granite City, HL, and Private Charles Kepner, of this city, who had just received his honorable discharge from the army.