Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1901 — A Death From Diphtheria. [ARTICLE]

A Death From Diphtheria.

Miss Julia Krasney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Krasney, died Saturday evening, Jan. sth at their home in Newton tp., about 7 or 8 miles northwest of Rensselaer. Her age was 23 years. The cause of her death was diphtheria. Owing to the nature of the disease no public funeral was held, but a funeral mass was said, at St. Augustine’s Catholic church, Monday a. m. after which, on the arrival of the friends with the remains, the procession parsed through town to Calvary cemetery, south of town, where interment was made