Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1915 — Death of Aged Rensselaer Lady, [ARTICLE]

Death of Aged Rensselaer Lady,

Mrs. Ruth A. Phillips, aged 87 years, widow of Fleming Phillips, who died some 21 years ago, passed away at 10 a. m., Monday, at the home of her only daughter, Mrs. A. R. Rishling, in the northeast part of town. Mrs. Phillips suffered a stroke of paralysis about fourteen years ago, and five years ago broke her hip as a result of a fall, since w’hich time she has been bedfast. She was the sister of Mrs. Norman Warner and Alton and Shelby Grant, and Mrs. Rishling was her only living child. Her fatal illness w r as only of a few days duration. The funeral will be held at 10 o’clock this forenoon from the Church of God, conducted by Elder Williams, and burial made beside her husband in the Osborn cemetery in Hanging Grove township.