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- Date: 1913-04-29;Paper:Jackson Citizen Patriot(Michigan )
Well Known Maiden Ladies of Hillsdale Buried Today
( Special To The Citizen Press )
Hillsdale Michigan.,April 29.-Funeral services for two well known maiden ladies of Hillsdale were held this afternoon.Miss Eva J. Root and Miss Louise W. Rellay.
The services for Miss. Root were held at the home, 234 North Manning Street.,Rev. D.B. Martin officiating, assisted by President. J. W. Mauck. Miss Root was the eldest daughter of Dtr. S.P. Root,of Somerst, a former civil war surgeon, all five of whose daughters were garduated from Hillsdale College. Miss Root was born in Liberty, Michigan in 1853. She attended the college from 1867 to 1874. For awhile she was woamn's dean, she was a French teacher a few years,and since she became an invalid she has had private students.For the past three years she has been a alumni editor of the college paper.
Burial was made in Somserset Center beside her father.
Surviving are three sisters,Mrs. Elma VanBuskirk,and Miss Stella Root of Chicago,and Mrs. Winifred Dewey of Bellevue, Ohio.
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