Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1916 — MRS. ELIZABETH GRAY DEAD [ARTICLE]

MRS. ELIZABETH GRAY DEAD

Aged Mother of Sylvester Gray Died at Her Home Wednesday. Mrs. Elizabeth Gray, aged 86 years, mother of County Highway Superintendent John L. S. Gray* of Rensselaer, died at her home in the west part of Carpenter township about 8 a. m. Wednesday. Mrs. Gray had the misfortune to fall and break her hip Monday and th er shock together with her advanced age was too much for her to withstand. She leaves four children, Sylvester Gray of this city, Mrs. James L. Babcock of near Parr, Mrs. James Burns of Carpenter township and Albert Gray of Kenosha, Wisconsin. Her husband, James Gray, died about thirty years' ago. The funeral was held from the house at 10 o’clock yesterday forenoon and burial made in the Egypt cemetery in Jordan township.