Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1897 — Death of Mrs. Catherine Woosley. [ARTICLE]

Death of Mrs. Catherine Woosley.

Mrs. Catherine Woosley died at 7 o’clock this Friday morning, at the home of Wm. Moore, near the depot. The cause of her death was paralysis, and her serious sickness began last Saturday. She was the widow of Thos. Woosley, who died in Barkley Tp.„ in 1874. She was born in Pennsylvania but came to this county when 15 years old and has lived here ever since except about 10 years lin Missouri and Kansas. Her age

was 67 years, 5 months 29 days. She le'aves but one child, Mrs. John R. Warren, of Rensselaer. Funeral services were held Saturday, at 9:30 a. m. at the F. W. Baptist church, by Rev. D, A. Tucker. Interment in the Hurley graveyard, near Blackford.