Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1912 — DEATH COMES TO MARK REED. [ARTICLE]

DEATH COMES TO MARK REED.

Well Known Farmer Dies From Cancer of the Stomach. Mark Reed of west of town, who has been slowly dying from cancer of the stomach for a long time, passed away at’ 1:20 a. m„ yesterday. He had eaten nothing for the past two weeks and was but a mere shadow. He drank a little water, but even this he threw up as soon as it became warm. Those who

remember him as a gtrong, robust man of over 200 pounds, and the picture of health only a couple of years ago. would not have recognized the worn and wasted body as that of Mark Reed they knew, so much had he fallen away by disease. Mr. Reed was operated on in a Chicago hospital several months ago, his ailment of perhaps a year’s standing having baffled the skill of local physicians, and it was then found that he was suffering from cancer of the stomach or intestines, but the precise nature of the trouble was kept from him. the surgeons patching him up as best they could for the brief time he had to live and sending him home. He was up and around considerably after this, but several weeks ago he got bad again and was determined to go to Chicago for another operation. Then the truth was told him as to his trouble, and that another operation was out of the question. Both he and his family have therefore known that it was only a question of time until the end, and for a,couple of days before his death his demise was expected at almost and hour. During his ill-s ness he has been visited by many of his K. of P. brethren and old friends from town, but the last few days very few outside the immediate members of his family have been allowed to see him. and for a day or more before he died he Was so bad that he scarcely recognized anyone, even members of his own family.

The funeral will be held tomorrow at the house at 2:30 p. m., conducted by Revs. Harper and Williams. and -burial made in Weston cemetery. Mr. Reed was 51 years of age and leaves a wife and six children. A complete obituary will be published in the next issue of The Democrat