Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1910 — FUNERAL AND OBITUARY OF MRS. W. J. REED. [ARTICLE]

FUNERAL AND OBITUARY OF MRS. W. J. REED.

From the Starke County Democrat we copy* the following obituary* and report of the funeral of Sirs. W. J. Reed of Knox, whose sad death from burning by a gasoline stove explosion was published in last Saturday’s Democrat. As stated then, the unfortunate woman was known to many of our readers, while her husband is a native of this county, hence the inteerest here : -

The funeral of Mrs. William J. Reed, whose tragic and horrible death by fire was mentioned in these columns last week, was conducted from the family residence in this city Friday afternoon and interment wn- made in the Oak Park cemeteiy. The funeral services were in charge of William A. Foster, who delivered the sermon, and Rev. J. Milton Williams of the M. E. church. Special music was rendered by a mixed quartette from the Christian church. The attendance was unusually large and included ‘ many friends of the family from neighboring towns and communities. The following young women acted as pall bearers: Mfcses Lavina Copley, Maude Brown, Lucy, Harriett and Ada Geddes and Mrs. Shirley Peters. Elia Longwell Reed, daughter of James Longwell and wife wife, was born in Kansas City, Mo., December 2, 1872. and died at the age of 37 years, 6 months and 20 days. In 1873 she with her parents, two sisters and one brother moved to Fowler, Ind., where the family resided until 1889 when they moved to Goodland. She united with the Fowler M. E. church when 14 years of age, under the pastorate of Rev. Nimrod Jenkins. Her early education was acquired in the Fowler and Goodland public schools, after which she attended Valparaiso and Indiana Universities. She was a teacher in the public schools of Indiana for ten years. Less than ten years ago, on November 29, 1900, she was united in marriage to William J. Reed, and to this happy union four children: Herbert, aged 8, Alice, aged 4, Paul, aged 2 and Ella, aged 9 months, were born. She was a resident of Knox for 7 years prior to her death.

Besides her husband and children she is survived by her aged father, James Long veil of Chicago; two brothers, John Longwell of Indianapolis and George Longwell of Lafayette; and five sistere, Mrs. I. A. Barkhurst of Lafayette, Mrs. Elmer Kemp of Reynolds, Mrs. Chester Park of Brookston, Mrs. M. M. Maxwell of Francesville, and Miss Disa Longwell of Monon. All of these relatives and their families, the Misses Nora, Mary and Ella Casey of Chicago, and John Reed of Virgie and Thomas Reed of Remington, attended the funeral. Mrs. Reed was a loving wife, devoted mother, affectionate sister and daughter and a kind neighbor. Her sad and untimely death is deeply, mourned by all of her friends and the sympathy of the entire community goes out to her grief-etricken i loved ones. The burns sustained by Mr. Reed and the little boy at the fire, while decidedly worse and more painful than was at first believed, are not thought to be serious and an early and complete recovery is now predicted by Dr. W. C. Sehwier, the. attending physician.