Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1916 — Death of Aged Lady. [ARTICLE]

Death of Aged Lady.

Mrs. Laura A. Sprague, aged about X 4 years, died at about 9 o’clock Tuesday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. O. M. Peek, at (he north side of town. Her husband died about ]1 years ago at Huntley, 111., to which place the body of Mrs, Sprague was shipped Thursday for burial. Deceased suffered a stroke of paralysis some ten days ago and her death was due to this cause. She was a native of New York slate, but the greater part oi her life was lived in Illinois. She had made lier home since the death of her husband with her daughter, Mfs. Peek, who came here with her family some five years ago from Blackford, HI. Besides the latter she leaves one daughter, Mrs. Cora E. Lawshee, of Los Angeles, Calif., and one son. Harley F. Sprague, of Chicago.