Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1912 — Obituary of Mrs. Walter R. Lee. [ARTICLE]

Obituary of Mrs. Walter R. Lee.

Rose Lutz was born on a farm near Manhattan in Will county, Illinois, February 22, 1876 where she lived until she was 17 years old, when she moved with her family to Jasper cotinty, Indiana, residing in Hanging Grove township. On May 29, 1895, she was married to Walter R. Lee, and to this Union were born three sons Archie, aged 16, Cfcil, aged 15, and Howard, aged 3, all of whom survive her. In the fall of 1905 she with her husband and two older sons moved t° Rensselaer, where she has since lived until the time of her death Sept. 30, 1912. at the age of 36 years, 7 months and 8 days. A more perfect wife, a more loving mother, could not be conceived. Her one thought being for her loved ones and the welfare of those around her. In her long illness of mearly four years she was the most patient of sufferers, never at any time offering a word of complaint, always looking to the bright future, when she would be well again to enjoy life with those dear to ber. V

She joined the M. E. church at the age of 15 and remained of that faith until her temoval to Rensselaer in 1905, when she joined the Presbyterian church. _ v Besides her husband and. three aone, ehe leaves her mother, Laura Lutz, of Rensselaer, three sistere, Mrs. John Maxwell, residing on the homestead, east of Rensselaer; Mrs. Fred Arnott, of Rensselaer, and Mrs. A. D. Bickford, of Colorado Springs, Colo., and two brothers, Wilis A. and Walter Lutz, both of Rensselaer. x x