Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1918 — GEO. GRATNER PASSES AWAY [ARTICLE]

GEO. GRATNER PASSES AWAY

Another Jasper County Soldier Dies at Camp Taylor.. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gratner of Barkley townshiip received a telegram Wednesday saying that their son, George, who was at Camp Taylor and had recently been very sick with pneumonia, following an attack of influenza, and was operated on again a few days ago for the removal of pus from his lungs, was critically ill. Mrs. Gratner left on the 2 o’clock train Wednesday afternoon for Louisville, but the boy had passed away before her arrival. The body reached here yesterday morning. Deceased was born December 14, 1896, in Barkley township and is survived ,by his parents and several brothers and sisters. He was one of the 1918 registrants and left here on July 6 for Camp Taylor. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 'p. m., at the Methodist church and burial made in Weston cemetery.