----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 01/30/1919

Alger, Mrs. John R. (1848? - 27 Jan 1919)

Mrs. John R. Alger died at the home of her son-in-law, J. D. Elmendorf, on Monday, Jan. 27, 1919. Aged about 70 years. She was an old resident of this village (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.), coming here with her husband over thirty years ago. Mr. Alger died about 28 years ago. Mrs. Alger has suffered with a cancer for the past year and a half.

She leaves one son, George Alger of the town of Worden, Clark County, Wis., and two brothers, John Hoffman of the town of Thorp, and Eugene Hoffman of Kendall, Wis.

The funeral took place on Wednesday morning from the M. E. Church, Rev. George Crow officiating, six of the deceased's grandsons acting as pallbearers. Interment took place in the Thorp Village Cemetery.