Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1915 — Miss Madie Drake Died Saturday Morning of Tuberculosis. [ARTICLE]

Miss Madie Drake Died Saturday Morning of Tuberculosis.

Miss Madie Drake, who has been suffering fbom tuberculosis for the past year or more, died at the Drake home just south of Rensselaer, at 12:15 a. ni., Saturday, aged 25 years, 1 month and 18 days. She, leaves a mother, Mrs. Mary E. Drake, two sisters, Mrs. John Jones of Cambridge, Ohio, and Miss Nellie Drake of Rensselaer, also two brothers, George and James Drake of Chicago. She graduated . with the 1910 class of the Rensselaer high school, and was a popular and lovable young lady, held in high esteem by all who knew her. The funeral services were held at 9 a. in., Monday at St. Augustine’s Catholic church, with solemn high mass, the pastor, Rev. Father Daniels, celebrant, with Father Justin Henkel, deacon, and Father Andrew Geitl, sub-deacon. The remains were taken ,to Chicago on the 10:46 train and burial made in a cemetery there beside her father, the mother and two sisters accompying the remains. The sympathy of the entire community is extended to the bereaved family in their affliction.