Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31
EATHS AMONG
PIONEERS ARE
LARGE IN 1918
Exceptionally Heavy Toll Claimed
Nv Grim Reaper Among Cin-
Eens of Advanced Age
#ayY PERSONS FLU VICTIMS
Ware Than Hundred Lives Taken
By Epidemic Several Of Prom
iuence Are called

Though the death toll in Rock
Island during the last year has
bsen heavy !. has not been eXcep-
-fnnallv so when I'll IS taken into
consideration that the population
has been increased by several thou
sand thus increasing the total
deaths prop0TJ;onally, and that the
commuliry. like the rest Of the
country. has been visited by one OF
The most tenacious epidemics IN
years =.
There have been number Of
leading citizens. business and pro-
fessienal men, summoned IN 1918,
though fewer than il 1871
The really startling point that
attracts attention IN the year 5
deaths is the large number Of per
ans OF advanced years who were
claimed by the grim reaper in the
last twelve months persons who
had not only reached their full
three score and 10 years but many
OF them having passed the four
score mark Just why the year
proved such q hard one for those
OF advanced years is not known. for
strangely enough there appears 10
have been no general cause of
death other than the natural clos
ing Of a long life and incidentally
( II nav be mentioned that there
we're nos only fewer deaths among
the old. due TO the influenza than
the younger folk, but that such
cases were actually rare. There
81 80
Who had reached and passed the
10th and 18th milestoDes of life
who died in 1915 There were many
who had seen their S0Lh and S5th
birthdays and several who were 90
years of age and more when their
lives passed out
influenza Toll Big.
e influenza epidemic which hit
the city in October and has chung
10 it ever since claimed q toll OF
more than q hundred victims
A summary of the deaths during
1918 follows. with the age. date of
! death and place Of residence of
each person
JANUART
Mrs. Joseph c. EckerIe, Rock
Island, age %.
Mrs. Martin SchilInger. Moline,
age 70
Mrs. Jerome C. seeIey, Moline.
age 81
Mrs Margaret j. Stafford, Rock
Island, age Il.
George ". Scott, Rock Island.
age 80
Mrs. William Brunswig, Rock Is
land. age so.
George schlotfeldt. Moline, age
"a.
Mrs. Jacob Anthony. Rock Is
land, age IS.
> &Henry Leberman, Rock Island,
age 81
Edward DoIan. Rock Island, age
80
John Aud. Rock Island, age IS
Jacobus HolIebosch. Moline, age
81.
Mrs. Bessie Chandler. Rock Is
land, age 20
Mrs. Elizabeth Mold. Rock Is
/ land, age Sc
s Mrs Nancy Chain, Moline
Herbert Johnson, Moline
4Joseph Meier. Rock Island,
age So.
Mrs, Henry Hanson, Moline, age
As.
Mrs. Ingrid Elizabeth Johnson.
Moline, age =.
Henry Hopke, Rock Island, age
81.
Mrs. F, L. Nordgrea Moline, age
46.
Benjamin F, seelev slvis, age
S..
! Sherman Babcock Moline.
SIS. e. Newberg Moline. age so.
Cieona Cooper, Moline. age 4,
&Frauk cohn. Roc Island. age
Mrs. 1aseph H cr.svell, Milan.
Dona william Rice. Moline, in
FAINT
Mrs. Eea Engblou. Moline. age
70.
&orrfa s. Holt. Rock island. age
10.
swan Johnson. Milan. age ~
Mrs Z FER Sinclair. Moline. age
So.
s-Mrs. Mary F. Eussev. Rock Is
land, age =.
Mss Edo Marie OLIwelIer, Rock
lsiau5. age Il.
4o--George HaLton, Rock Island
Edmund Van Paul, Moline, age
a.
INNS elizabeth Richards. Rock
Islam age %
MRS Sim Vaudeville. Moline
George a Crawford. Hampton,
age a.
Mrs Sarah Kisor. Moline. age rs.
Edna Beatrice Swanson. Moline,
Ms zlonzo sterrett. Moline.
age u.s.
Mrs Fl. Thomas. Moline. age -.
Az~John J. Bealer. Rock Island
age 70.
Vera May sindt, Moline. infant.
L-Ars Fred A. Bacon. Moline,
: :, age e.
Mrs Sarah z Devlnney, Mo
HE age IS.
Afs F b. Hyatt. Rock Island.
norris Rosenneld, Rock Island.
age 10.
'ars Frank Mcmeekin. Rock
Island. age 81
Lottie Peterson. Moline. age
Mrs. Mayme Larson. Rock Is
land. age IS
ss Elias Peterson. Moline. age
'alius Van Gale, East Moline.
- age %.