Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1919 — WORK OF THE GRIM REAPER [ARTICLE]

WORK OF THE GRIM REAPER

Three Deaths Occur in Rensselaer in Past Few Days. Three deaths have occurred in Rensselaer since the issue of The Democrat —Philip Roy at the county hospital Friday afternoon; Mrs. E. J. Richardson at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. W. Postlll, Saturday, and Mrs. Lucius Strong at the family home on McKinley avenue Monday forenoon. MRS. E. J- RICHARDSON Mrs. Elizabeth J. Richardson, aged 87 years, who had been in very poor health for some time, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. W. Postlll, in the north part of town at 1 p. m. Saturday. Deceased Is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Postill; her granddaughter, Mrs. Edith Lonergan, of near Surrey, and grandson, Harry Paxton, of Hobart. The funeral was held from the Postlll home Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock, services being conducted by Rev. E. W.' Strecker, and burial made in Weston cemetery.