Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1908 — MRS. ETTA E. SPITLER BAKER DEAD. [ARTICLE]

MRS. ETTA E. SPITLER BAKER DEAD.

Etta E. Baker died at the Hahneman Hospital in Chicago last Thursday and the funeral was held in that city Friday. She was about 42 years of age and was the fourth child of Thomas J. and Nannie E. Spitler, who were among the ehrly settlers of this county. She grew to womanhod here and graduated from the Rensselaer high school. Of her brothers and sister, George W. and Ella survive her, also a husband and three sons, Otis, 19, John E., 17, and Sprague, 15, all of whom are making their own way and are highly spoken of by their employers in Chicago. She and her husband have not been living together for some years. The remains were brought here Saturday on the 2 p. m., train and taken direct to Weston cemetery to be buried in the family lot.