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DIES ON WAY TO HIS HOMEseveral years and also was a valuedemploy* of the express company of) this city,For the last lew years ho has | been janitor of. the West school, where he has proved most enicierG land faithful in his duties as cus-I tociian of the building. School ' ' * hildien and all othlt; rs at toe schoolCieorge Renwick Becomes Ex-: will mist; the kind old man whohausted As He Runs Back alays had ‘heir infer,-sts at heart.Among those left to mourn his to His School Duties, death in the family an- his win*,Mrs. Ren wick, and step-sons andone daughter. T iWAS WELL KNOWNSycamore and community was thrown into sudden gloom yester day afternoon to hear of the sudden death of one of Sycamore's o dest and most respected citizens, George Renwick, while acting in the capacity of janitor ot \.he \\ e t - chooi.jIt seems that while Mr. Renw ick I wont home fnr liis luncheon during the liOtn Lour, something went Aioug at ike school, a leak or some trouble in the steam pipes, cans tic a {went Quantity of steam to r-s{ ; po, Mius filling the boiler zoom and those adjacent, and even-t iady the v. nole school.Air. Renwick was immediately: ummoned, it is believed, and the conditions a; the school were exagyi rule. le aving his meal partlyimtoixhed, he hastened to the school, running the entire distance of four blocks, and in a very nervous state of mind.I'uneial services will be front the home Wednesday afternoon at one o’clock, with Rev. James O’May officialand burialvril he in tin Nycanffev cemetery. Friends and acquaintances will Mrs. Ke.iwic-v in mourning for■•O 1’‘hv r iaie husband as he w as so xr. 11 known in this vicinity and! i” pecied h all who knew him. . c. clii.uicn at tin* W est schoolare hi lor the io. s of ihe.ri.v ad.aeiyipiclnlt;Oio*Ar. iv diOrtthe school, the manvrr:•; nearly e-.nausted, and thos«iiiU o, . -eing aim in thatlt; HiO.uon, iiuiv.A) fceiu to his aid jwhile a doctor was edited. Striving jto tear away from *cbose that held;■liim, to get to the* boiler room w as himSij hioiII!W\Vall that was on the man’s mind, making dospt rate attempts to release himself from their grasp.Id. Evans soon arrived on tin [ scene and advised taking the pa-1 Jc lijBiA Ik im a.-, soon as possible, re-1aFzing his condition was serious. IWhile in the car in route home, George Renwick passed away. Hoc- j tors on the case pronounce the man 1 died of aecute cordiac dilation of II the heart. ! SEoVvhr-Mr. Renwick had been in excellent health most of his life, but in the last few years had often complained of not feeling so well as he should. A is thought that the nervous strain, sup% .induced by uearttrouble, was the cause of his sad- si den death. i GGeorge Leii.vicL was horn on a t‘ farm in Cortland township. August b hf LkSS, the son of William and r. Mary Ann Renwick. It was in the ! n ? aim* row nnino ; hat hit early years’ll wese spent, vhert where he en-j raged in larmhig lor a groat num- C be?* of years, and will be romem ? br ed among old friends as a man! i i dr pied to the occupation.He was united in marriage to| Mrs. Ricgard, mother of Charles! and Waiter Richard, and Mrs. Guy v Grimes ol lh Kal ), in Octohe:. 189a. h ‘his union was born one child, i] WiiLam. who died at the tender t age oi 12 years, break.'nv his par- f cnFs heart.Mr. ; nd Mrs. Id-:, wick remained on ilio 1 rru for several years, afterwhich they moved to Sycamore, and made Fnei * homo tA 144 North Gross strt ot. Hero they lived for re ♦ »*al yeais. Mr. Renwick being employed by a business house in the city. II** worked write them' for?t
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DeKalb Daily Chronicle
Dekalb, Illinois, US
Tue, Nov 14, 1922
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