Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 295, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1919 — OBITUARY. [ARTICLE]

OBITUARY.

Phillip L. Roy, well known and respected resident of Jordan township, Jasper county, died at the Jasper county hospital in Rensselaer at 3:15 p. m. Friday, December sth, following an illness of four weeks with cancer of the liver. Mr. Roy was born in St. Jean’s province ‘of Quebes, Canada, July 29th, 1860, and migrated to this country with his parents at the age of 7 years. The early part of his life was spent on a farm near Fowler, from where he moved to Goodland and was for twenty years an active business man in that city. Eight years ago Mr. Roy purchased land in Jordan township, Jasper county, and has been one of the progressive farmers of the county since that time, and a resident whom the community regrets to lose. Mr. Roy was probably one of the best knoWn men in Benton,* Newton and Jasper counties. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rose Roy; daughter, Mrs. Irene Anderson, of Hammond, and two sons, Theodore P. and Raymond C., also of Hammond. The funeral will be held at the Sacred Heart church in Remington at 9 a. m. Tuesday, December 9th, and interment made in the Catholic cemetery at Remington.