Scarlet Fever

We've heard nothing from the John Chester family since they moved to Gary.

When we finally do get news of them, it is sad:

Eddie, the 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Chester of Glen Park, formerly of Hobart, died Saturday [March 22, 1919] after an illness of a few days from scarlet fever. The funeral was held at the home Sunday afternoon, burial being in Crown Hill cemetery.

The Chesters had four children surviving, three daughters and a son.

Eddie rests beside Otto, the infant brother he never knew.


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Sources:
♦ 1920 Census.
♦ "Local and Personal." Hobart News 27 Mar. 1919.