Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1918 — MT. AYR LADY DIED SUDDENLY [ARTICLE]

MT. AYR LADY DIED SUDDENLY

Mrs. Jasper Wright Passed Away Without Warning Sunday. Mrs. Jasper Wright of Mt. Ayr died quite suddenly Sunday evening, presumably from heart failure. While she had not been in good health for several years, due to a partial paralytic stroke some time ago, she was feeling quite well of late and on Sunday entertained a nomber of guests at 'her home. She prepared the dinner and spent a very 'pleasant day, but after the departure of the guests she said she felt fatigued and lay down to rest. So as mot to disturb her Mr. Wright left the house, but upon return! ig about fifteen minutes later he so .nd his wife still in death. Funeral services were held at the M. E. church in Mt. Ayr Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Revs. Roberts and Downey, and interment made in North Star cemetery.

Mrs. Wright was born in Bartholomew county in 1 863, but had spent most of her life in Newton county. Besides the husband she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Jesse B. Marion and Mrs. Charjes Clark of Leesburg, Indiana; one stepdaughter, Mrs. George ®. Hersihman of Crown Point; one niece whom she raised from infancy, Mrs. Lemma Hickman of near Goodland; two brothers, Ilbert and Leander Crisler of Colorado, and one sister, Mrs. Margaret Deever of Washington, D. C. Mrs. Wright was a lady of the highest character and an ideal mother. Her home was ever a welcome haven to her friends, and many a tear will fall in silent reverence to this good woman who was a mother to many a homeless child, and never) failed to provide comfort and cheer and the more substantial needs of life.