Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-20
DEATH W. H. WOOD
Expires at Home on Second Ave.
nue. After Protracted
illness.
WIDOW AND EIGHT CHILDREN
Deceased For IS Years an EmpIoye
of Rock Island Stone
Company.

complication of diseases. died this
| morning at 10 O'Clock at his home.
9O7 Second avenue, aged 46 years. Mr..
Wood was a native of Picton. Ontario,
Canada He had been a resident of
this city for Is years. and during all
that time had been employed at the
Rock Island Stove company. For 10
years previous to coming to this city
he lived in Henry county. He is sur
viyed by his widow and eight chill
dren, Mrs. Charles Riggs, Lyons.
Iowa; Ella, Orwell, Pearl. Eliza, Cora,
Harry and Dorothy, at home, besides
three brothers and four sisters:
George. Horatio and Orwell Wood, Miss
Emma Wood, Mrs. Joseph Rightmyre,
Mrs. ]. H. Armstrong and Mrs.
J. H Grafton. Mr. Wood was a men,
Der of the Court of Honor and attend
ed the First Baptist church. Rev. w.
II. Reed, pastor of that church, will
conduct the funeral service at the
home Wednesday afternoon at 2
O'Clock.
Mrs. Della SanderVeer.
Mrs. Della Vanderveer, for half a
century resident of the lower end of
the county. died at 10 o'clock today at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Reuben
Roth, in Andalusia. She was a native
of Ohio and came to this county with
her husband, the late John Vanderveer,
who died in 1892, about the year 1856.
For many years they lived on farm
in Andalusia township. Mrs. Wander
veer had lived in the village of Anda-
lusia since the death of her husband.
She was past so years of age.
There are surviving five sons and
three daughters: Benjamin, of Olym-
pia, Wash; John, of Colorado; Ira, of
Blue Grass, Iowa: Elmer of Aledo. and
Frank, of Cedar Falls. Iowa; Mrs. War
rem Conner, of Fairfield, Iowa; Mrs.
Frank Shinstrom, of this city, and Mrs.
Reuben Roth. of AndaIusia.
Victim of Typhoid Fever.
Thomas Oliver. machinist at New
Shops, died Saturday evening in Mo
line of typhoid fever, aged % years.
He was a native of Scotland. coming
to Moline a year ago. Recently he
had brought his sister from Scotland
to live with him. The machine de-
partment OF New Shops suspended
workmen of deceased to attend his
funeral. Two hundred of the ma
chinists were at the services held this
afternoon at Christ Episcopal church.
in Moline. Burial was in Riverside
cemetery. M
Mrs. B. +. Couch.
Mrs. b. F. Couch, for many years
Of Rural, died Saturday evening at 8
o'clock at the home, at the age of
81. Death was due to the infirmities
of age. Mrs. Couch is survived by
three daughters and two sons. Rilda
and Edna and Bessie and Shelby, at
home, and Harold, of Rock Island The
funeral services will be held tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock from the home
and later at Beulah church. The
services at the home will be private
Funeral of Mrs. Holman.
Funeral services were held this af-
teTnOon for Mrs. Katherine Hofmann
from the home, 4O4 Eighteenth street
The services were conducted by Rev
c. \. Mennicle. pastor of the German
Lutheran church, of which Mrs HOff-
mann has been member for many
years. The two sons and four grand
sons served as pail bearers. Burial
was made at the Lutheran cemetery.
Funeral of Mrs. HaberIah.
The funeral of Mrs. Christian Hab-
aTlah was held yesterday afternoon
from the home, $40 Fifteenth street.
The services were conducted by Rev.
Frederick l.. Litzrodt, pastor of the
German Methodist church. Burial
was made at Chippiannock
Death of Alexander Walker.
Alexander Walker. fireman on the
c., r. l. & p. railway, died Friday
evening It Peoria. Until a few days
ago he had been employed on run
between Rock Island and Peoria. but
was transferred TO a passenger run be
tween Bureau and Peoria. He under |
went an operation Friday. He was % |
years of age. and a native of North Da- |