Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-11
MRS. PLANKINT0N DIES
SUCCUMBS MONDAY NIGHT TO
BRIGHTS DISEASE.
Was Widow of the Late William Plank
inton-Funeral Services on Wednes-
day Afternoon

MILWAUKEE, Wis. Sept. s, 1905
Mrs. Ella Woods Plankinton, widow
of the late William Plankinton, and
mother of William Woods Plankinton.
died at s clock Monday evening at her
residence. sos Terrace place, aged q
years. Death was caused by Bright's
disease, accompanied by complications
Mrs. Plankinton suffered mild at
tack of the trouble while in New York
last December, and was there attended
by DIR. Edmund l.. Dow, a specialist Of
that city. For the last two months she
has been under a doctors care. After
an attack about three weeks ago she
was able to go out and twice enjoyed a
motor car ride during the last week in
August. Her final acute illness began
week ago last Saturday, since which
time she had been continually under the
attendance of physicians and nurses, her
son and his wife being constantly with
her. DIR. Dow was summoned for con
sultation with the attending physician
DIR. II. ID. Sykes. He left Monday aft
ernOon for New York giving no hope of
Mrs. Plankinton's recovery.
There were with her when she died
Mr. and Mrs. William Woods Plankin
ton, a brother. H. +. Woods of Cincin
natl, and Miss Fanniebelle Stuart, sis
ter of Mrs. William Woods Planknton
Mrs. Plankinton, who before her mar
riage was Miss Ella Woods of Cincin
natl, was married to William PlankintOn
in 1876. They went to Philadelphia for
their honeymoon, attending the Centen
NAL, and after that went abroad for SIX
months. Their palatial home on the cor
ner of Grand avenue and Sixteenth street
flNa Snfr1 of hoT fnfh
Mr.. Woods of Cincinnati, who contrbut-
ed the residence, and of the late John
Plankinton, who donated the gr0unG
Later, however, the family moved to the
John Plankinton residence at the corner
of Grand avenue and Fifteenth street
Very recently Mrs. Plankinton took the
house at sos Terrace place, her sons
family occupying the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. w. d. Sawyer, 400 Terrace
avenue, during the absence of the Saw
yers in Europe.
Mrs. PlankintOn was woman OF quiet
tastes and spent the later years OF her
life in comparative retirement. She was
kindly and generous, doing philanthropc
and charitable work in a quiet and unoS'
tenta tious manner. She was vice preSt
dent of the Maternity hospital and
member of the house committee. and was
also interested in the Protestant orphan
asylum.
During the biennial convention Of the
General Federation of Women's clubs in
Milwaukee in 1900 Mrs. Plankinton was
vice president of the biennial local board,
She was member of the Woman's cluC
and of the Athenaeum association.
The funeral will be held on "Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. from the family
residence, 1906 Grand avenue. Inter
ment will be private and friends are re
OupStpd TO omit flowers
Mrs. Plankinton is survived by her
son and by three brothers and two SIS
tiers, Harry F. Woods and John )
Woods of Cincinnati, William H. Woods
of New York, and Mrs. Wilmot Han
and Mrs. Sarah G. Wilson. both Of On
cinnati. With the exception of MIS-
Hall and William H. Woods. who are
unable to come. these relatives will come
to Milwaukee for the funeral.