Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1916 — Death of An Old Jasper County Resident. [ARTICLE]

Death of An Old Jasper County Resident.

Unto each mortal who comes to earth A ladder is given by God, at birth. And up this ladder the soul must go. Step by 9tep from the valley below, j Step by step to the center of space, I On this ladder of life from the start-j ing place. —(Sister M. Eugenia, C. S. A.) Joseph Moritz, formerly of Wheatfield township, Jasper county, Ind., died very suddenly at Deering, No. Dak., March 29 at l o’clock a. m. He had been to Minot to consult a specialist and was just returning home when death occurred from acute Bright’s disease. His wife was at his bedside. Deceased wms born at Wheatfield, Indiana, Sept. 26, 1873, and lived there until 1905, when he moved to Deering. H'e was united in marriage to Angelina Frank in November, 1906. He leaves to mourn him, a wife, two children Erma, age seven, Low-i ell,, age five, two brothers and one ! sister, Felix of Surrey, N. D., John of Bradley, 111., and Mrs. J. B. McGinley of El Paso, Texas, also eight step-children and a host of friends. The family has the heartfelt, sympathy of the community. * *