Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1908 — Funeral of Zimri Dwiggins. [ARTICLE]

Funeral of Zimri Dwiggins.

The funeral of Zimri Dwiggins Occured last Friday morning at 10 o’clock at the home of A. F. Long on River street. The body reached here Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock, being accompaied by the widow andjthe two children, Frank and Linda, and A. F. Long, who had gone to Lincoln after the news Of the death reached here. Mr. Dwiggins died Monday at 3sßo o’clock, of heart failure, diagnosed as neuralgia of the heart. He had been in even better health than usual and when he retired Sunday night he was apparently in perfect health. He roused Mrs. Dwiggins just before he died and she saw that his condition was desperate, and at once, called their son, Frank, but death came before the latter reached the room. The funeral was conducted by Rev. Parrett, and attended by relatives and a number of old friends, among them Mrs. Alice Dunlap and Mrs. Ella Wood, two life-long friends, and they furnished the music at the funeral. The pall bearers were Joseph Hardman, A. F. Long, 0. C. Warner, Frank Hardman, George Long and Bert Brenner. Interment was made in Weston Cemetery.