Wagers

DEATH OF MISS ADDIE WAGERS

Passed Away Tuesday Morning With Influenza - Burial at Twin Grove

The second death from influenza was that of Miss Addie May Wagers, which occurred Tuesday morning at 12:15 o'clock. She lived with her father a little east of LeRoy and was sick but a few days.

About ten years ago her mother died and it fell to her ___ to be the mother of the home.

Private funeral services were held at the home yesterday morning at 10 o'clock conducted Rev. C. S. Boyd, of the Methodist church, after which the body was taken to West Twin Grove cemetery for interment.

The deceased was next to the youngest child of Mr. W. J. Wagers and was born in Kentucky, May 9, 1886, being past 32 years of age at the time of her death. She leaves besides her father, the following brothers and sisters: Malcolm and Joe of LeRoy, Wesley in ___, and Flossie, Amos, and George at home. She was beloved by all her friends and her loss is keenly felt by family ___________________________________.

Text is incredibly difficult to read, so transcription errors are certainly possible, especially as it gets closer to the bottom of the page. The long ___ at the bottom indicates around 10 words that can't be read at all.

The paper and date weren't recorded when the obituary was obtained, but it is thought to be the Nov 1, 1918 edition of the Leroy Journal.