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Dropped Dead*Afc about 8 o’clock yesterday morning Ilonry Knabbe, an employe ’of Moses Dillon, dropped dead in Dillon's coal yards, of heart disease. The deceased reported for work at 7 a. m. yesterday, as usual, and was apparently In his usual robust health, when ho went to work. Neither had he complained recently of feeling ill. In a few minutes after going to work he was seen to throw up his hands, utter asuppressed groan, and fall heavily to the earth A physician was summoned at once, but life was extinct before his arrival Mr Kuubhe was fifty-seven years of age and leaves a wife and seven children, two of whom are grown He came here from Rockford some twenty years ago, worked several years for ex-May or Elliot, and has always been a hard-working, honest and upright man. His sudden death has prostrated his family with grief, each member ofwhuh bus the heartfelt sympathy oftheir neighbors and friends, and the community at large The funeral will occur this afternoon The deceased was a member of the Baptist church. Elder Mason will conduct the funeral services.
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Sterling Standard
Sterling, Illinois, US
Thu, Nov 09, 1893
Page 9
Full Page
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Kathy L.
24 Aug 2020
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