Edwards, Mrs. Leroy (Laura) 1883-1914

EDWARDS, MCDOUGALL, GLASER, BARTON

Posted By: Jan Schuldt (email)
Date: 3/29/2017 at 15:50:59

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, LeMars, Plymouth, Iowa Friday, July 24, 1914

Dies After Operation

Mrs. Leroy Edwards Passes Away at Rochester

Born and Reared In Grant

Survives Operation For Goitre Only Thirty Hours - Funeral today at the Struble Methodist Episcopal Church

Mrs. Leroy Edwards died Tuesday at Rochester, Minn., where she went a short time before to consult physicians. She was operated on for goitre and owing to her weakened condition could not rally from the shock and died thirty hours after the operation. The body was brought to LeMars and taken out to the home of her girlhood in Grant township. The funeral will be held at the Struble Methodist at 10 o’clock this morning and the remains will be brought to LeMars for interment.

Laura McDougall was the daughter of Mr.and Mrs. J. N. McDougall and was born thirty years ago on the farm from which her body will be taken for burial. She was reared in that community and nearly ten years ago was united in marriage to Leroy Edwards. They resided in LeMars several years and soon after the new town of Craig was started moved to that place where Mr. Edwards conducts a meat market. Three children were born of the union, one of whom is a baby but three months old. The two older children, aged eight and five both suffered several attacks of infantile paralysis while the family lived in LeMars and neither of them fully recovered from the effects of the disease. In addition to the husband, children and parents, Mrs. Edwards is survived by three brothers, Edward of Millnerville, John and Chester, and three sisters, Mrs. Hattie Glaser of Sioux City, Mrs. Pearl Barton of Sioux City and Miss Mary who lives at home

The funeral services will be in charge of Rev. E. E. Gilbert of the First Methodist Episcopal church of which deceased was a consistent member.

The bereaved ones have the sympathy of the community in their deep affliction.