LANE, Thoeodre - Putnam

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LANE, Thoeodre

Source: Greencastle Star-Democrat 1 Jan 1909 p1

Theodore Lane, 54 years old, one of Putnam County’s most prominent business men, died suddenly at his home in Cloverdale at 7 o’clock Sunday night of heart disease. The funeral was on Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at Christian Church in Cloverdale.  The death of Mr. Lane came as a sad surprise to his many friends, although not in the best of health for more than two years, he was not believed to be in a serious condition. Sunday evening Mr. and Mrs. Lane returned to their home from Roachdale, where they had spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. __ Harrison.  Soon after their arrival home Mr. Lane complained of not feeling well but attributed his feeling he had eaten too much dinner. Soon after this he helped a servant carry a washing machine from one room to another. As he started back to the front of the house he fell. When his wife reached him he was dead. Mr. Lane was one of the county’s most prominent and wealthy business men. He owned a large hardware store in Cloverdale and was an excessive (?) land owner.  His health began to fall more than two years ago when at that time he disposed of hardware stores he owned in Darlington, New Richmond, and in Greencastle. For several months he was in a hospital in Indianapolis and finally he found fairly good health. He had not totally regained his full vigor of strength, however. Beside his wife he leaves an adopted faughter, Mrs. Lelia Martin of Bedford. - kbz
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