Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1893 — DIED OF EXCESSIVE JOY. [ARTICLE]

DIED OF EXCESSIVE JOY.

Mrs. Frederick Spath, of Huntington, died, Tuesday morning. Her death was peculiar. She was eighty-seven years old. Her son Frederick, who was always her favorite among the children, arrived home from Illinois, where he hod been for several years. Hie unexpected arrival so overjoyed the old lady that she was prostrated and died soon after.