Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1908 — LOHS WILDBERG PASSES AWAY [ARTICLE]

LOHS WILDBERG PASSES AWAY

Merchant Dies Friday Night at 11:45 After Long Illness for Which There Was No Cure.

Louis Wildberg succumbed to the i disease that has made him an In-; valid for the past year, at 11:45 o’clock Friday night. He had been' confined to his home during his final sickness for about two weeks. Mr. Wildberg’s health began to fail about a year ago and during the winter and early . spring his condition was at times regarded as quite critical. Last April he was taken to Chicago, where he underwent an operation for the removal of a cancer of the bladder and his family and friends fully expected" that he could not survive the ordeal, but to their surprise and even contrary to the expectation of his physician and the surgeon that operated upon him, he rallied from the operation and after some weeks of very slew improvement he was able to leave the hospital and he went to Peoria, 111., where bis broth-er-in-law, Dr. Weil, resides, and it was not until about Aug. Ist that he returned to Rensselaer. He again took charge of his business here and seemed to be mending until about two weekrf? ago when he was forced to take to his bed and his decline was unbroken until the end came. . Accompanying the cancer of the bladder the greatly afflicted man also had Bright’s disease and both preyed upon his strength and notwithstanding his determination to overcome them he was finally compelled

to give up. On Thursday evening Mr. Wildberg lapsed into unconsciousnees and save for occasional rational moments during which time he suffered great pain, he was either delirious or altogether* unconscious until th© end came. Surrounding him when th© end came were his wife and daughter Edna, and his wife’s two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Weil and Mrs. Eliza Spangler, of Peoria, 111., Moses Tuteur, of this city and Mrs. Isaac Tuteur, of Chicago. Other relatives, including his son, Dr. Jacob Wildberg, and wife, of Colgate, Okla., and Isaac Tuteur, of Chicago, did not arrive until th© morning after the death. Deceased was 59 years of age th© 7th of last February, and leaves a wife and two children, Dr. Jacob Wildberg and Miss Edna Wildberg, and a large number of more* distant relatives and a large circle of busk ness associates and friends to mourn his death. ‘ Mr. Wildberg has been in business in Rensselaer for about twelve years, conducting a clothing and gent’s furnishing business, and having for years the leading store ot this kind tn Jasper county. The funeral arrangements have not been completed, but the. funeral will be held * some time Tuesday, Oct ft and the service will probably be conducted by the Jewish Rabbi from Lafayette.