People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1895 — Departed This Life. [ARTICLE]

Departed This Life.

After an illness of five days Fritz J. Zard died at his home "in Rensselaer Sunday morning. Aug. 4, 1895. aged 61 years, 3 months, 15 days. The funeral was held J/onday at 1:30 p. m. from the residence, the Rev. B. F. Ferguson officiating. The interment was made in Crockett cemetery. Mr. Zard was one of the most respected citizens of Jasper county, and the high esteem in which he was held w ? as evidenced by the unusually large prosession which followed his remains to the grave. He was a native of Prussia, being born there April 9. 1834. emigrating to the United States in 1856, first settling at LaPorte, this state, where he married J/iss Dora J/alchow two years later. He resided in Hanging Grove township from 1861 until last J/arch, when he moved to Rensselaer. He leaves a widow and five children.