STAINBROOK, Ida May (Hogan)

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Death Was Great Shock to
Many Friends––Funeral at
Christian Church Monday

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Friends in all parts of Johnson county were shocked Saturday morning, when they learned of the sudden and wholly unexpected death of Mrs. Ida May Stainbrook, wife of George W. Stainbrook, and one of the best known residents of the city. Mrs. Stainbrook had been affected with rheumatism in a se­vere form for several years, but had never been subject to heart trouble, a sudden attack of which caused her death early Saturday morning before a physician could reach her side.

Mrs. Stainbrook had been en­joying her usual health Friday, but had awakened members of the fam­ily about 3:30 o’clock Saturday morning, when she first suffered the heart attack. She died within a short time before the physician who had been called could arrive. Death came quietly and without suffering.

Funeral services will be held at the Franklin Christian church, Monday afternoon, at 2:30 o’clock and will be in charge of the Rev. A. L. Ward of Union City, a former pastor of the Franklin church. Rev. Leroy Carter will assist in the ser­vices. Burial will be in Greenlawn cemetery. Friends are invited to call at the home, 951 North Main street at any hour before the funeral.

Lifelong Resident of the County

Mrs. Stainbrook was a lifelong resident of Johnson county, having been born in Edinburg May 6, 1870. She was the youngest daughter of a family of three sons and four daughters born to Richard and America Shepherd Hogan, who were among the best known residents of Edinburg. Following the death of her mother, when she was six years of age, Mrs. Stainbrook made her home with relatives in the Pisgah neighborhood until her marriage to George W. Stainbrook. When she had reached the age of twelve years, Mrs. Stainbrook united with the Pisgah Christian church and had been a devout and active member in the Christian faith since that time.

When the family moved to a home near Frank­lin and later to Franklin for residence, the member­ship was transferred to the Franklin Christian church, where she had been a valued member of the church and a leader in the women’s organizations. She was held in high esteem by her neighbors and many friends, a dvoted[sic] mother and a woman of real Christian character.

Lived here four years

On Aug 12, 1888, she was united in marriage to George Stainbrook and lived on a farm near Edinburg for the following twelve years. La­ter the family moved to a farm north of Franklin, where they re­sided for about twenty years and where a daughter died. Mrs. Stainbrook had never recovered from her grief over the daughter’s death, and, becoming afflicted with rheumatism, the family moved to their present home, on North Main street, four years ago.

Surviving her are the husband and five children, Everett, Homer and Charles Stainbrook, the sons, and Mrs. Yale Butler and Mrs. Sam Batton, the daughters, all residents of Franklin. She is also survived by three brothers, George and Albert Hogan, of Indianapolis, and James Hogan of Edinburg, and three sist­ers, Mrs. Lavina Halstead of near Franklin; Mrs. Maggie Smith, of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Cordelia Johnson, of Chicago.

Submitted by Lois Johnson