Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 December 1918 — ANOTHER GOOD WOMAN GALLED [ARTICLE]

ANOTHER GOOD WOMAN GALLED

Mrs. William M. Hoover Found Dead In Bed Wednesday Morning. This community was greatly shocked Wednesday morning to learn that Mrs. William M. Hoover, one *of Jasper county’s most respected ladies, had been found dead in her bed by her husband at aboiut 7 o’clock that morning. She had been in her usual good •health the day before, in fact, if anything, she was apparently more active than usual Tuesday and her sudden death was a great shock to the relatives and to the community. Mr. Hoover, as was his custom, had got Up at about 6 o’clock and supposed his wife was still asleep. 'After getting the fire started and partly preparing breakfast, perhaps 40 to 45 minutes later, he went to call her to have her call the two school girls who were staying with them, Misses Lucille Knox and Linnie Bird' Rains —the latter staying there while her parents are away—and, getting no response, was greatly shocked to find her either' wholly unconscious or dead. A doctor was hastily summoned, who found that death had ensued from „a blood clot on the brain, and that she had probably been dead about an hour. The death summons had come suddenly and very peacefully, the bed clothing and the restful position of the body with one hand lying on the chest indicating that she had passed away without a struggle.

Mrs. Hoover had Worried considerably of late over the practically hopeless mental condition of her grandson, Don Hoover, and it is probable this had considerable Ito do with her sudden demise. .She was- a fine, motherly woman, /and her death will be mourned not, only by the aged husband, children ayl other relatives, but the entire community mingle their tears with those of the bereaved relatives. The funeral was held from the j.M. E. church at 11 o’clock yesteri day forenoon and burial made in I Weston cemetery. 1 Nancy J. Adams was born August .4, 1848, in Miami county, Indiana, l and came. With her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Adams, to Jasper 'county in 1857, and settled near I Rensselaer, where she grew to j womanhood.. She had resided all her life in Jasper county with the exception of the few years spent in Miami county when a child. She was married to William M. Hoover February 14, 1867, and in February, (1917. she and her husband celebrated their golden wedding anni- ' versary on their farm southwest lof 'Rensselaer, which had been

their h'ome nearly all of this time. Soon after this event they moved into town in the handsome new bungalow they had just built on Washington street and where they had since resided. Mrs. Hoover leaves three sons, Alfred A., William I. and Frank L. Hoover, all of whom reside here, Frank now occupying the old home place. She also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Griswold of Washburn, Illinois, and Mrs. Sarah. M. Beal of Macon, Missouri, both of whom had visited her here the present fall; also one brother, Marion I. Adams, of near Rensselaer. The sisters were notified by telegram of her death but it was not expected that either would be able to come to the funeral, Mrs. Griswold especially, being quite feeble. Mrs. iHtoover had been an active member o f the Methodist church for many years.