SKILLMAN, Clare - M.D. - Putnam

Roachdale April 3 -- The news of the sudden death of Dr. Clare SKILLMAN came as a great shock to this community. The sudden death of his wife but a few weeks ago adds a further sadness to the calamity to the family. Those intimately acquainted with Mr. Skillman aver that he has not been properly at himself for sometime and it is known that he left here Friday to go to Indianapolis to have an operation performed but those who saw him on the train are of the opinion that there was nothing the matter with him so far as bodily ailment were concerned but that he might have been laboring under the mental strain that became manifest in his last hours. Dr. Skillman was a graduate physician and was the proprietor of a drug store in this place. He was a son of William Skillman one of the prominent pioneers of the Raccoon vicinity. He is survived by one brother, James Skillman of Raccoon. Lyda Skillman a sister well known in educational circles in Putnam and adjoining counties preceded him in death. The body of Dr. Skillman will be brought to Roachdale tonight and the funeral services will be held Tuesday morning. The service will be in charge of the local Masonic lodge and the burial will be in old Lebanon Cemetery east of this place.   --- kbz