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Show uo FOUND DEAD IN BACK YARD Mrs. Geertje Van de Graaf, wife of Marinus Van De Graarf , was found dead in the back yard at the family residence, 3219 Pingree avenue, today at 10:30 a. m. Death was due to apoplexy. apop-lexy. Mrs. Van De Graaf was apparently appar-ently hale and hearty when the various vari-ous members of her family loft the house after breakfast. At 10.15 a. m., a little girl who lives in Pingree avenue, went to the Van Do Graaf v,rrae and the woman was apparently .n the best of health. At 10:30 a. ui a neighbor by the name of Mrs. R. Jonsen saw the body of tho woman lying in the back yard, and upon up-on investigation found that she was dead. Dr. Conroy was called and he gave it as his opinion that death had been due to apoplexy. airs. Van Do Graaf was bom in Sliedrecht. Holland, November 17th, 1S59. She joined the Latter-Day Saints when sho was 13 years of age. She is survived by a husmand, three sens, Peter, Cornelius and Marinus Van De Graaf, and a daughter, Mrs. Piepje Orsel, of this city. The body is at Larkin & Sons. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made. oo |