Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-03-13
WIFE Of RICHEST
MAN IN WORLD
DIES SUDDENLY
All Relatives, Except One Sis
ter Absent When Mrs, John
D, Rockefeller Srp Suffers
Collapse and Expires,

Tarrvtown, \. y, March 12.-Mrs,
rohn d. Rockefeller, wife of the rich
cst man in the world, died suddenly
todav In her 76th year at the Rookie
collier country home in Pocantico HIS.
she had been an invalid for a year
Inn during the last few months her
heaIfh had so improved that the rapid
urn for the worse which her illness
tooE early this morning was not an
ticipated by her family.
For this reason it happened that
the only relative at her bedside when
she died at 1920 a. m. was her sister.
Miss Lucy NJ Spellman. Her husband
and her son. John u. Rockefeller Jf.,
we're at Ormoude, Fla. where they
vent-Mr. Rockefeller, Sr., on Feb
rnorv rs. ana his son last Friday, ac-
companied by his wife-believing that
Mrs Rockefeller was growing better,
Noufed over the long distance tele-
phonc early today of the critical
change in her condition, they left at
once for Jacksonville, where arrange
ments were quickly made for special
train to bring them to New York
They were expected to arrive here
sometime tomorrow evening.
Mrs. +. Parmalee Prentice, one ot
Mrs Rockefeller's two daughters, was
summoned from Nw York but failed
In arrive before her mothers death.
The other daughter, Mrs Harold Fow-
ler Mccormick, of Chicago, is IN
Switzerland, recuperating from an Ill
ness Her husband was about to sal
10 ioin her, but cancelled his passage
and came here at once.
Until the arrival of Mr.. Rockefeller,
funeral arrangements Will be held IN
allowance. but il was thought at che
Rockefeller house today that PdrlaI
undoubtedly would take place IN
cleveland, where the Rockefeller iam-
fly plot is located.
II was thought probable That lu-
neral services would be held at Pocun-
tco Hills on Sunday ana the pouy II
once taken to Cleveland.
Mrs. Rockefellers illness dates btck
TO the fall of 1912, when she vas
stricken with pneumonia. she VI
ually recovered from this at Hot
Springs, Va, but on returning 20
cleveland in June, 1913. she again
became lll due largely to her weak
ened condition and advanced years
she remained in Cleveland until Feb
ruarv. 1914, when her physician de-
cided that she was well enough to be
taken to New York, going to the
Rockefeller mansion there. Last Ne
vember she was brought here.
Mrs. Rockefeller had during TINS
interim become an invalid and was
confined to a wheel chair most OF inc
time. Her rooms in the great Pecan
tico Hills mansion opened out onto
large, sunny balcony and here on laf
DAYS she spent many hours IN tne
open air. she was described at tht
Rockefeller home today as haNins
been lately in the best Of spirits ohIy
Yesterday sending CHEEKY message
to her son telling of her improved
health. ,,.t-.
The fatal change in her condition
came during the early morning houfs,
Her nurses Immediately summ"ue1
DR.. Paul Allen. of New York, her
physician. He made the thirty -mile
trip mere at top speed in high-
powered automobile and although ne
arrived some time before her deatn'
he could do nothing to avert the enc
She had been unconscious Tor se'
eral hours and remained so to the last