Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1908 — FORMER REMINGTON MAN DEAD [ARTICLE]

FORMER REMINGTON MAN DEAD

J. F. Ellis Dies Suddenly at His Home Near Stone Bluff. J. F. Ellis, a former well known Remington man, died suddenly from heart failure at his home near Stone Bluff last Friday evening and the remains were brought to Remington Monday for burial. Mr. Ellis was for several years engaged in the saloon business at Remington and was noted for running one of the most orderly places in this section of the state. About a dozen years ago he sold ''out and bought a small farm near Stone Bluff, where he has since resided. Reports of his death state on Friday evening Mr. Ellis had made preparations to attend the Rebekah lodge, but al the last moment decided to remain at home and Mrs. Ellis went to lodge, leaving Mr. Ellis at home with his sister Elisabeth. Shortly before bine o'clock he was strlckep with heart failure and died within a few minutes. • Deceased was for 20 years a member of the Wcncott I. O. O. F. lodge, a large number of the membership of which attended Ms funeral in a body, also a member of the Remington G. A. R. Post. He had many friends in and about Remington who will regret to learn of his death. He leaves a widow who was formerly a Miss Westfall of Remington. ■.. v ■■■‘J :■ - .- ■■■•