Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1920 — HR. JOHN MERRY IS DEAD [ARTICLE]

DR. JOHN MERRY IS DEAD

Old and Well-Known Citizen of Mt. Ayr Died Thursday Night. - Dr. J. W. Merry of Mt. Ayr, who had been a patient in the county hospital at Rensselaer for the past week or more, passed away at 10 p. m. Thursday, aged 76 years. Dr. Merry had resided in Mt. Ayr for many years and conducted a drug store there. (He had been in poor health recently and was brought to the hospital here last week. He underwent an operation last Friday, when it was found he was suffering from cancer of the bowels and nothing could be done to save him. Deceased is survived by a wife and two daughters. Misses Blanche and Jessie Merry, both of whom are teachers in the Rensselaer schools this year. The funeral will be held from the Methodist church in Mt. Ayr at ' p. m. this Saturday and burial ? in Weston cemetery in Rens-