Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1917 — MRS. JOSEPH I. ADAMS DEAD [ARTICLE]

MRS. JOSEPH I. ADAMS DEAD

Remains Taken to Monticello > for Burial Thursday Evening. Mrs. May Adams, widow of Joseph I. Adams, passed away at the .county hospital at about 8 o’clock Thursday morning. Death was due to a complication of diseases from which she had suffered for some time, and a week ago she entered the hospital in hopes of improvement. . Mrs. Adams had been a resident of Jasper county for many years, first on a farm south of town. Later she and her husband moved to Rensselaer and resided here several years. Mr. Adamis died in April of the present year. For many years She was a faithful member of the Christian church. Deceased is survived by one brother, Robert McElhoe, of Monticello, and one step-son, Earl Adams, of this city. “ - The remains were taken to Monticello Thursday evening and burial made there yesterday.