Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1907 — DEATH OF MRS. JAMES FLYNN [ARTICLE]

DEATH OF MRS. JAMES FLYNN

Mrs. Sarah P. Elynn wife of James Flynn, died Thursday morn ing, June 13th, at *iie Washington Park hospital in Chicago, to which place she bad beer removed the Tuesday before from a prjvau hospital in that city. Mr. Flynn, who had been advis ed early that morning of the intention of the hospital doctors to perform an operation with the hope of saving her life, had gone to-Chicago on the 9:55 train, but the operation was not performed. a< it was decided to be too late, and death came at 9:30 o’clock in the morning, before any of the relatives reached the hospital. Chronic nephritis or brights disease was the cause of her death, and while there had been a notice able failing in the health of Mrs. Flynn for the past four or five years, sue was not t*ften seriously sick until last September, and h» r failing was gradual from tnat time on. Four week ago last Sunday she was removed to Chicago, where she entered a private hospital for treatment and for a time it seemed that she was being benefit ted but for the past ten days the decline had been very rapid. Mrs. Flynn had been an active church worker during her entire

life until declining health made it impossible for her to longer be, and she was also active in charitable lodge work. She was born in Ohio, and came here with her husband and family in 1882. Besides the husband there are three child ten, Mrs. Hattie Weaver, of Lowell; Hallard A., of Chesterton, and Mrs. Lona Nichols, of Cook. Tao brothers, one living in and the other near Shelbyville, Ind., also survive her. The remains accompanied by the husband and son, arrived here las; Friday morning on the 10:55 trai.i, and the funeral held at the M. E. church at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, Dr. ' . L. Kindig, of that cuurch, preaching the sermon. Interment in Weston ceme tery, where one daughter of the deceasedjis also buried.