Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1918 — MRS. HARRY WORTLEY IS DEAD [ARTICLE]

MRS. HARRY WORTLEY IS DEAD

Passed Away Just One Month After Her Husband. Mrs. Alma Jane Wortley of Mt. Ayr died at the hospital in this city early Saturday morning from Bright’s disease, death coming in one month following that of her husband, Harry Wortley. Mrs. Wortley had been ailing for several months and since the death of her husband her decline was rapid. She was brought to the Jasper county hospital ten days ago in a serious condition. Mrs. Wortley was about fifty-six years old and had lived in the vicinity of Mt. Ayr practically all of her life. She is survived by two brothers, James A. Rimer of Benten Harbor, Michigan, and Alva Rimer of Wabash, Indiana, also her aged step-mother, Mrs. Mary J. Rimer of Mt. Ayr. Funeral services were held at the M. E. church in Mt. Ayr Tuesday forenoon. Rev. A. M. Snyder of Brook preaching the sermon. Burial was made at North Star cemetery. Because of the almost impassable condition olf the roads the body was taken from here to Mt. Ayr and thence to the cemetery by eled, the same kind of conveyance being used by thpse attending the funeral.