Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-08-12
Eldest Daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
A. Furman Dies Saturday at
Her Home In Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania.
HER DEATH CAME SUDDENLY
Husband, Two Children and Other
Relatives Suryive-Funeral
q Wednesday.

Mrs. John Lage OF PlttSDurSn, "a,
eldest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
A. Furman of this city, died sudden
~ Saturday afternoon at her home,
following few days acute illness OF
assesses on her lungs. MIR. and Mrs.
Furman left Saturday night for Pitts
,burgh and, with the bereaved hus-
band and two children, will accom-
pany the remains back to Webster
City where the funeral will be held
Wednesday morning at the Christian
church and interment given in Grace
lad cemetery.
Addie Furman was born on the old
home farm four miles east Of KAN
rar, July S, 1886, and was, therefore,
past 80 years of age. The family
moved to Webster City fifteen years
ago and on May II, 1910, Addie was
married to John Lage of Manning,
then employed in the offices of the
Des Pittsburgh Steel COM
pany. Mr. and Mrs. Lage went to
Des Moines to live, where the fist
child, Marion, was born five years
ago. In 1914, Mr.. Lage was made
district superintendent in the Pitts
burgh plant of the Des Moines-Pitts-
burgh Steel company and he and his
wife and little daughter moved there
to make their home. In January,
1918, a second daughter was born.
Mrs. Lage had attended the pub
lie schools in Webster City and had
graduated from the domestic science
department of the State college at
Ames. 1t was while in college that
she met Mr.. Lage.
In Poor Health.
She had been in rather poor health
for almost three years. In October,
1915, she came back to Webster City
for a visit at the home of her par
ents and while here was taken ill
with pneumonia. She was here a
year, her illness having been quite
extended and having left her in a
weakened physical condition. The
winter following, she spent in Cali
fornia with her parents in the hope
of gaining strength Her rugged
health, however, seemed to be gone
for she never became strong again.
Last week she was taken suddenly
i'll and was put under the care of a
trained nurse. A telegram Friday mo-
titled her parents that her condition
was serious, but later in the day a
dispatch brought the news that she
was resting easier. Saturday morning
a wire said she was not so well and
Saturday afternoon came the mess
age OF her passing.
The Family.
Mrs. Lage is survived by her hus-
band, two children, her parents, three
brothers and two sisters, as follows:
o. G., who lives on the old home
place east of Kamrar; Clifford, Mrs.
Clyde Hall, Faithe and Howard, all
OF this city.
Faithe was with her sister when she
died. She had gone to Pittsburgh a
short time ago for visit and to help
her sister in the care Of her house.
hold. Mr.. and Mrs. Furman visited
the Lage family in June of this year.
Mrs. Lage was not in the best of
health at the time they were there.
but there was no reason to suspect
that she was not as we'll as she had
been for some months. Her sudden
and unexpected passing was a severe
blow to her parents, the rest Of the
family, the husband and many friends
and relatives over the county. Addie
Furman was widely known ana loved
by a host of friends. She was quiet
and unassuming woman, yet one who
made fast friends quickly wherever
she went She was a member of the
Christian church and was always
mindful of her Christian duties and
active in whatever the church was
doing. In the great bereavement that
has come upon them in the untimely
passing of Addie, the family, husband
and relatives have the sincere SYM
pathies of the many friends over this
county and elsewhere where Mr.. and
Mrs. Lage had lived.
Will Locate In West.