Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 308, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1919 — PIONEER MOTHER PASSES AWAY [ARTICLE]

PIONEER MOTHER PASSES AWAY

ONE OF JASPER COUNTY’S OLDEST RESIDENTS « DIES IN UNION TOWNSHIP. Mrs. William Potts, whose illness has been mentioned in The Republican, died at her home in Union township Monday. Mjs. Potts was one of the very oldest residents of Jasper county and was seventy-two years of age at the time of her death. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Nichols, long since deceased. She is survived by her husband, .her brother, John L. Nichols, of this city, and her son, Ancil Potts, and daughter, Mrs. Isaac Wells. “i. Funeral services will be held at the late home Friday afternoon at 1 o’clock- and interment will be made in the Brown cemetery -in Barkley township. , ■ Thelma , Rees went to Newland today to spend the holidays & with her parents. ’ | The Rensselaer churches will hold 1 their Christmas entertainments this evening, as has been their annual custom for many years. Christmas trees as usfiial will play a prominent part in the festivities of the evening. ,