Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1916 — L. D. ERWIN DIED AT KENTLAND [ARTICLE]

L. D. ERWIN DIED AT KENTLAND

Aged Father of Mrs. N. Littlefield Passed Away Wednesday. Lorenzo Dowell Erwin, aged 85 years, father of Mrs. N. Littlefield of this city and Felix Erwin of Fair Oaks, died Wednesday at Kentland at the home of W. F. Armstrong, where he was-viSFting. Mr. Erwin hFd recently underwent an operation at the Watseka hospital for the removal of a tumor on his left shoulder. He left the hospital last week and went to Kentland where he intended to visit a few days before returning to Brook, where he made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Alice Vondersmith. While at Kentland he was taken suddenly worse and passed away. The body was prepared for burial and then removed to Brook. Funeral services were held at the ■Christian church in that place Wednesday afternoon and burial made in the Brook cemetery. Mr. Erwin is survived by seven children, two sons and five daughters, as follows: Felix Erwin, Fair Oaks; David Erwin, Mitchell, South Dakota; Mrs. N. Littlefield, Rensselaer; Mrs. Alice Vondersmlth, Brook; Mrs. Nan Waterman, Chicago; Mrs. R. O. Graves, Marshfield, Oregon and Mrs. Ida Hoover, Sedalia, Missouri.