Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1903 — Death of Charles Meader. [ARTICLE]

Death of Charles Meader.

I. F. Meader, who lives about 12 miles north and west of town, ill Union tp; together with a brother in-law Mr. Henry, of Vaiparaiso, were in town Saturday. They were at Fowler Wednesday, attending the burial of Mr. Meader’s father, Charles Meader. He dropped dead on Sunday, Jan. 11th of heart desease at his home on West 102 rd street, Chicago. He would have been 76 years old in April. He bad lived msny years in Benton county, where he was a well known and greatly respected citizen. The funeral was held at his home and the body then taken to Fowler and interred in a family tomb, where his wife was previously buried.