Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-11-24
TWO Of OTTAWA'S.
PROMINENT WOMEN .
CLAIMED BY DEATH
MRS. MARGARET Alt VICTIM OF
ApOPIEXY--MRS. (. H. STUMPt I
EXPIRES AFTER PROLONGED
ILLNESS.

Mrs Margaret Ait, wife of Philip
Alt, died Saturday night at 1000
O'Clock, at the family home. G03 clay
street. following an Illness oi slx
hours, resulting IRON u stroke OF ap-
opleXy, The decedent had been i'll
failing health lately, out was able to
be up and around untl she was ,trick-
en- Saturday afternoon.
III the tate afternoon she went to
the market to buy provisions FOR the
SunuAy dinner On the way back Snr
stopped to caI al the meme OF her
TREND, Mrs. Jacob Schmid, on ,aGi-
son street The deceased Was striCKen
while sitting IN chair conveIsin-
with MIS-. Schmid 4 pay. ician was
called and Mrs AT removed TO her
own home. The family d,d not ,eai-
izr her condi4on and the end came
Unexpectedly at Il O'CLOCK ApoMeXy
VAS ne cause Ot ner death.
She was born in Bavaria on July
18th, lh4I. v Nith her parenls she came
10 the tinted states ana settled in
Out..Aa W.len adt tWeIVe years 0i age
BeICre hcr marriage, WhiCn took place
IN TINS city. i'll Gecemee 1868, she
was Margaret baoetta LeipJid.
During her long residence mere she
has made large circle OF friends. and
is one OF the best known women IN
he west section of the city.
Mrs. All was the mother Of ten
children, one Of whom. henry Ait, pre-
ceded her in death. and the other nine
with ner husband survive her The
are. William Alt Phillip Ait, Edward
H. Ait christian John AIT, Miss Mar
garet AIT, Mrs. John Earater and Mrs.
lloyd Le I.app. all OF This city, and
Mrs. {. j. Worth and Miss Harriet
All OF Chicago
Mrs Alt was a prominent member
of the Missionary society Of the EVAN
veliCal Lutheran church.
The funeral services win be held to-
morrow afternoon at $50 o'clock from
the family home on Clay street, Rev
n + Ebert officiating and burial will
be made in Ottawa Avenue cemetery.
WITS. e n. otbHlth'
Mrs. Ann Margaret Poundstone
.5tumph aged IS years, Vile OF Major
+. II Stumph, died sunday morning
al l. "t O'Clock, at the family nome,
AS Congress street, after an illness
lasting FOR the past -FOUR years, from
paralysis, Mr. Stumph Was Welt
known IN ottawa ana was loved by an
who knew her, During me time slnc3
she was taken i'll, ner patient suffer
ing won The admiration OF aii h'F
friends.
She VAS born in New Salem, Fayette
County Pa, March III, lSll. Win
her parent she came west III 1893,
setting in Id sale County. FOR ears
she was one of the most active mem
bers of the First Congregational
church, out had been prevented from
attending services during the past sew
eral years.
Mrs. Stumph was the mother OF
three daughters. one of whom, Ellza
beth Cora. died at the age of 10 years.
surviving she leaves her husband ana
two dauehters Mrs. Edith Dean OF
this city and Mrs Robert CarSe OF
Rock Island she also leaves TWO
grandchildren, Harold Dean of Otta-
wa and Robert Carse Of Rock lSIahl.
The funeral services vii, b" he"l
tomorrow afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock
from the family home and burial will
he made IN the Ottawa Avenue Gem
etery. Rev. Cart StaVkman, pa tor ol
the FIRST Congregational church, VIII
otlciate.
AdoIphus Mclnturt.
Adc,rhus McInturf. eldest son If
samuel and Margaret Debolt MClr.
turf. was born near Newark, Ohi0,
Sept {, 1896, and died at the hon >
Of his son Edward in Serena Nov. %,
1919. aged 81 years. In lS46. at the
age OF 10 years. Mr.. Mclnturi moved
to Va Sale County and settled in RuL-
land township. In lStS they moved 10
Serena township, where, with the cX-
ception of a few years spent in NJ
bra ska. he had lived his entire life.
In 1857 he united in marriage W I'll
Sarah Jones Of Serena Five sons
and three daughters were born OF this
unicn. John OF sheridan, Frank and
Mrs Minnie Elwell Of Mendoza. Ed
ward Ot Serena Mrs. Ida l.amsOn Of
Morris, Mrs Elizabeth McCollum OF
Crystal Lake. William OF Kankaker
and Fred Of Mendoza Mrs. McIn,ur'
died in 1878. In 1879 he married Cen1
Bond, who died 1908, leaving one son
Burr, who nov lives in Maiden.
In 1916 failing health compelled Nj
Mclnturf to break up his home an
since then he had resided with HI
son Edward in Serena
The funeral services were held from
the residence of his son, Rev. tlowaI
Taylor officiating. Burial WAS mad,
! in the Debolt cemetery
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