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- Saturday, December 21, 1918, Paper: Morning Star (Rockford, IL) pg. 3
Kind death came yesterday morning at 7:15 o'clock to extinguish the eerie light in the eyes of Minerva Lander and summon her fearless spirit to doff the mantle of mortality n which it had endured with fortitude two years of suffering and enter on the greatest adventure.
Minerva was the eldest of five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Lander of 1016 Haskell avenue, but she declined to abdicate in favor of later arrivals and held her place as baby of the family until she attained womanhood, through the wealth of affection she lavished on her parents.
She was born in Rockford, Feb. 12, 1897, and spent all of her life in this city. Although sadly handicapped by ill health, she went through the grade schools with credit and entered Rockford high school, where her diminutive stature, alert perceptions and faculty for unique verbal expressions attracted the attention o her teachers, and after her graduation with the class o 1917 they joined with other friends in securing for her the honor of a scholarship at Rockford College, where she planned to prepare for newspaper work.
She managed to keep up a desultory attendance at the college during the fall of 1917, in spite of her ailments, but was forced to surrender to physical weakness at the holiday vacation and spent the remainder of her days in smiling resignation to the decree of fate. She read widely and discerningly but never lost interest in dolls or airy tales.
Besides her parents, she is survived by a sister, Miss Mary Lander, and two brothers, Laurens and Quintin Lander. Another brother, Reed, died in infancy. She was a niece of Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Frary, of 313 North Central avenue.
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