Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 153, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1919 — OBITUARY. [ARTICLE]

OBITUARY.

Bernice Jeanette Rhoads, daughter of Edwin S. and Emma Alter Rhoads, was bom in Rensselaer on January 20th, 1893, and died at her home in Hume, 111., on aune 25th, 1919, aged 26 years, 5 months and 5 days. She received her education in the schools of Rensselaer, graduating from the high school in the class of 1912, and afterwards attended the Indiana State Normal school at Terre Haute, Indiana. She married Dr. A. H. Davison April 15th, 1916, and to this union one daughter was born, Virginia Ruth Davisson, now nineteen months of age. When but a small girl Bernice united with the Methodist Episcopal church at Rensselaer and as long as she continued to live here she was active in the Sunday school, Epworth League and other organizations of the church and was very earnest and helpful in promoting the work of the Kingdom. Her father, Edwin S. Rhoads, preceded her in death on March 7th, 1919, and she leaves to mourn their loss her two brothers, Edwin and Donald Rhoads, of Rensselaer, and her husband and little daughter, together with iriany other relatives and close friends. She was a kind and loving daughter and sister, a tender and devoted wife and mother, and a girl much loved and admired by all who knew her. Funeral services were held at the Trinity M. E. church in this city Sunday, June 29, and interment was made in Weston cemetery. A short service wlas held at the late home in Hume, 111., at 8 p. ni., Thursday, June 27.