Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1909 — John Bisloskey Dead at the Age of Ninety-Eight Years. [ARTICLE]

John Bisloskey Dead at the Age of Ninety-Eight Years.

Uncle John Blsloskey, who was perhaps the oldest citizen in Jasper county, died Saturday evening at his old homestead west of Rensselaer Saturday evening of complaints incident to old age, at the age of 98 years. Deceased was a natives of Vienna, Austria, and leaves several grown children. One of his children, Mrs. Wilson Shaffer, and husband, are visiting in Washington, and the funeral will not be held until their return, probably Thursday or Friday. The funeral will be held at the Catholic church, and interment will take place at the Catholic cemetery, south of town.