Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1899 — Death ot Mrs. Anna Parker Sheffier. [ARTICLE]

Death ot Mrs. Anna Parker Sheffier.

News was received Wednesday, by way of telephone from Remington, of the death at Decatur, lowa, of Mrs. Anna Parker Sheffler, wife of James Sheffler, The cause of her death was typho-ma-larial fever, and her sickness has been of several weeks duration, it having been known, as long as two weeks ago, that her death was very probable. Mrs. Sheffler was brought up in this, Marion, township, on the old Parker homestead, southeast ot town. She subsequently lived in Remington, in the family of her brother, Hon. Robert Parker. She was married to James Sheffler about ten years ago. Previous to that, and for several years, she was the official stenographer for the Benton, Jasper and Newton circuit courts. She leaves one or two children. The remains have been brought back to Remington and the funeral was held at Mr. Parker’s residence, at 5 o’clock Thursday evening-