Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1917 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—-Matters of Minor Mentio* from Many Places. WELL-KNOWN WOMAN IS DEAD Mrs. Ethel Darroch-Ross of Kentland Died Suddenly. Mrs. Ethel Darroch-Ross of Kentland, eldest daughter of Judge and Mrs. William Darroch, died quite suddenly at her home in the above named town last Thursday morning. Mrs. Roas suffered a nervous collapse and partial paralytic stroke about a year ago but she had apparently recovered and recently left the home of her parents and with her two sons again resumed living at their home. Thursday morning Mrs. Rose and her sone arose at the usual hour and she prepared breakfast and saw the boys off to school. Shortly thereafter she noticed a peculiar feeling coming over her and being alone she hastened to the telephone to call her neighbors. By this time she was becoming very weak and was unable to tell the telephone operator her trouble, but the latter knew that something was wrong and rang a neighbor and told them to go over. She was found lying on the floor and her parents and the family physician were summoned. She was yet conscious when they arrived but passed away in less than an hour. Mrs. Ross was a life-long resident of Kentland, where she was born July 21, 1879. In 1913 and 1914 she served as chairman of the woman’s federated clubs of the Tenth district and was known to many in Rensselaer. She was a keen, intellectual and ambitious woman and her deqth is a sad blow to all who knew her. She is survived by her father and mother, one sister, Miss Laura Darroch, and her two sons/ William and Robert Ross. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon and burial made at Kentland.