Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1920 — THREE DEATHS AT HOSPITAL [ARTICLE]

THREE DEATHS AT HOSPITAL

Mrs. Charles Pollock, Rater Whilby and Thomas Crockett Die. Mrs. Charles R. Pollock of near Morocco died at the county hospital Friday night about 11 o’clock, after only a short illness from uremic poisoning. Deceased was 22 years of age last July and was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick Standish of Mt Ayr. Besides her parents she Is survived by her husband and an infant child but a few days old. The funeral was held at Morocco Monday afternoon and burial made In the Morocco cemetery.

Rafer I. Wilby, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Whilby residing on the Hlllls ranch near Fair Oaks, died at the county hospital Sunday evening about 7:30 o’clock after only a few days’ illness from pneumonia. The young man was born Oct. ’ll‘, 1899, and was therefore 20 years, 10 months and 18 days of age at the time of his death. The funeral was held at the M. E. church at Fair Oaks yesterday morning at 10 o’clock and burial made in the Fair Oaks cemetery.

* Thomas A. Crockett, who had been lying at the point of death at the county hospital for several weeks, passed away Sunday evening about 8 o’clock. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, from the residence in the east part of town, conducted by Rev. Strecker of the M. E. church, and burial made in the Crockett cemetery, southeast of Rensselaer, the burial ceremonies being in charge of the G. A. R., of which deceased had long been an honored and active member. The obituary of Mr. Crockett appears in another column of The Democrat.