Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1908 — WILLIAM SMITH DEAD. [ARTICLE]

WILLIAM SMITH DEAD.

William Smith, who recently moved here from Mt. Ayr and who has been at the point of death with consumption for several weeks, passed away Saturday at 9 a. m. The funeral was held Monday at 10 a. in., from the Christian church at Brook and burial made in the cemetery there. A wife but no children are left. Deceased was an excellent young man and was a member of the Modern Woodmen lodge at Mt. Ayr. He carried $2,000 insurance in that order which had been kept up by his brother members after he contracted the disease from which he died. This lodge bad also contributed considerably toward the family’s support during, the past few months, and while the husband is now gone the loved wife he leaves behind is left In comfortable circumstances, thanks to his foresight in joining shch an excellent fraternal order as the Woodmen when in good health, and his brother Neighbors in keeping up his insurance. He contracted a severe cold a year ago last winter while working at putting up Ice, and this finally developed into consumption. His age was 27 years.