The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-02
REPUBLIC sPDC1Ah

Wue OF Governor A. NJ Dockery. She d
City early \
REPuBlNo SPECIAL,
Jensrson City, Mo-. Jan LATER lnger
ing between life and death for twelve day,
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Dockery, wife of Gov
ernor A NJ Dockery. quietly passed ava,
this morning at 5:E o'clock She was con
| scious to the last.
Governor Dockery and Mrs. Dockerys sis
ters, Mrs. Orr Of Kansas City and Mrs
Lincoln Of Bowling Green, were present a
the bedside when the end came. The imme
diate cause of death was heart trouble.
Although a complete wreck physically
| every organ of her system being affected IL
some manner her mind was never impaired
her brain being the only vital organ which
| was not affected.
No death could have been more peaceful
than that of Mrs. Dockery. She suffered nc
pain. but gradually sank lower and lowe,
as the night wore on, though little appre.
| c!able change was evident Her life haG
| hung by a mere thread for so many days
that her physician could not presase the
| hour OF her death. and up to within five
| minutes before she drew her last breath she
seemed to be resting as quietly as earlier in
! the evening.
Her attending physician. Doctor ]. L
| Thorpe, this morning noticed that she was
going just a few minutes before 6 O'Clock
and hastily summoned Governor Dockery
and the other members of the family. and
they arrived at the bedside a few seconds
before Mrs Dockery died
BECAME ILL AT DINNER PARTY.
Mrs Dockery was drst taken seriously i'll
party. She had not been feeling well dur
ing the last month. but no apprehension
was felt. After the dinner party she gave
up and went to bed, and gradually grew
worse until last Friday. when a marked
Improvement was noticed 1t was thought
then that perhaps she would survive her
illness and hope was entertained last
Tuesday she suffered relapse and 1t was
only by heroic measures that her life WAS
prolonged.
Mrs. Dockery would have died Tuesday
night had not an oxygen apparatus arrived
from St Louis. By means of the use Of
oxygen she was kept alive until this morn
ing. when even it was Of no effect.
Mrs. Dockery's death is the third one to
occur in the Executive Mansion in Jefferson
City. Governor Marmaduke died here dur
ing the holidays. and Miss Carrie Critten-
den daughter of Governor Crittenden, died
in the mansion during her fathers admins
tration- Mrs. Dockery is the first wife of
a Missouri Governor to die while he was
in office.
Mrs Dockery was a woman beloved by all
who knew her or came In contact with her
personality. She was patient and kind at
all times. and no class distinctions were
noticed by her. She was friend to all, the
most humble as well as the elevated.
As mistress Of the mansion, she could not
enter into all the gayeties held there, on ac-
count of her physical infirmities. Her amia-
BILE and sweet disposition, despite all of her
trouble, and her extreme solicitude for the
welfare and pleasure of others. were her
main characteristics.
Although giving few state functions at the
mansion, few weeks passed that the doors
Of the house of Mrs. Dockery were not
thrown open to small parties Of young and
old, who met there in social gathering.
FUNERAL SIMPLE,
BUT IMPRESSIVE.
A simple, but impressive, funeral cere-
mony was held at the Executive Mansion
tonight, The body lay in the large draw
ing room, incased In its casket end sur
by beautiful floral offerings. All
Of the ministers OF the city Joined in con-
ducting the ceremony. the memorial being
delivered by the Reverend Mr.. Pattello Of
the Methodist Church. of which Mrs Dock
cry was a member.
The services were largely attended by the ,,
citizens Of Jefferson City. The body will
be taken to Chillicothe at O'Clock to-mor-
row morning on the fast mail over the
Missouri Pacific. and will be inferred at
Chillicothe tomorrow afternoon. A special
coach for the funeral party will be at |
tached to the fast mail here in the morning.
and a special train has been arranged to |
convey the party from Kansas City to Chit |
icothe.
attend the ceremony at Chillicothe: Adju- l
amt General W. T. Dameron. Clerk of Su- |
preme Court John R. Green. Assistant At |
torney General Sam B. Jeffries. Doctor ].
L Thorpe. State Supervisor of Building and |
Loans Luther S. Hickman and Mr.. Cecil
Thomas.
The following compose the funeral party
which win go to Chillicothe from Jefferson
City in the morning: Senator Il B. Fields. /
B. Duncan. A A. Speer. ]. NJ Seibert,
). 7. Crenshaw. Harry B. Hawes, Mrs Car
rie NJ. Orr. Mrs. NJ. B. Lincoln. w. A. Nor
row and wife. Doctor ]. l. Thorp and wife.
Bessie Clark chittenden. Sam B. Cook and
wife. R p. Williams. W. T. Darlington and
wife. A. o. Allen and wife, ]. R. Green and +
wife. Mrs. 7. O.. Towles, Mira H. A Gass.
Judge q. D. Burgess and wife. Judge J. D.
Tox and dauEhtsr. Sam r Je6ries and wife.