Dora Whiteside Teeple, aged 86 years, passed away at her home in this city at 10:15 a.m. Wednesday, January 1st, 1941, after a week's critical illness with influenza.  She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. W. A. Scott and a son, Jay V. Teeple, both of Roodhouse; a brother Adam J. Whiteside and a sister Mrs. Agnes Downs, both of Ashland, Oregon, and a sister Mrs. J.M. Copeland of Albany, New York; a daughter-in-law Mrs. W. T. Teeple of Roodhouse and the following grandchildren: T. B. Scott, of Alton, Mrs. J. T. Shaw, Glenn Teeple and Vivian Teeple, all of this city; also a sister-in-law Mrs. W. L. Whiteside residing five miles west of town.

   She had been in ill health for the past five years, two and a half of which years she has been the victim of a stroke of paralysis.

   Mrs. Teeple, one of the oldes residents in this city, was born on a farm near the village of Walkerville, September 10, 1854, and spent her entire life within the confines of the adjacent territory.  She was the daughter of Samuel and Mary Whiteside whose parents came to theis section of the Northwest Territory shortly after it was made a state of the Union, and it was her proud heritage that she could claim for her own, the sturdy pioneer stock which helped to make this country what it is today.  Her lineage dates back to Revolutionary war days, having been a direct descendant of Major-General James Whiteside, an aide de camp of General Washington during that war.

   In January 1875, she was united in marriage to James Thomas Teeple who preceded her in death eighteen years ago.  After a short period in which the couple engaged in farming near White Hall, they moved to Roodhouse in 1887 and were continuous residents.

   A son William Thomas Teeple died in September 1940.

   The aged lady was a faithful and earnest worker in the cause of the Christian faith, and was a member since 1890 of the First Baptist church of this city, having served several times as president of the Ladies Aid, and with other bodies of that organization.

   In her daily life she was an exemplar of christian fortitude, and to her host of close friends and associates the ready smile and genial wit of "Grandma" Teeple was always welcome.  She was a keen student of life and always sought to brighten the pathway of others in affliction.

   Funeral services will be held at the Reeve Funeral Home at two o'clock Friday afternoon Jan. 3, conducted by Rev. R.E. Best.  Interment will be made in the White Hall cemetery.