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    1. [INMONROE] Sallie Cherry Hellener Died
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    3. No source noted, penciled date of August 9 1920, from an unidentified scrapbook of clippings titled COLLECTION OF LOCAL MONROE COUNTY OBITS donated to the Monroe County History Center, Bloomington, Indiana. STROKE ENDS LIFE OF MRS. HELLENER Dies at Hospital Sunday; Climax of Courageous Life Following a stroke of paralysis Saturday, Mrs. Sallie (consider Sally a spelling variant) Cherry Hellener, aged about 50, died Sunday at the hospital. Mrs. Hellener had a large number of friends in the city and they were shocked Sunday when the news of the death became generally known, as it was the first intimation they had received that Mrs. Hellener had been stricken. The stroke of paralysis that caused the end came shortly after noon Saturday and was caused from over work. Mrs. Hellener was taken to the hospital, but it was evident from the first that she could not recover. Mrs. Hellener was the daughter of Mrs. Anna Cherry, long a respected resident of Bloomington and who died only a few years ago. Mrs. Hellener's life was an example of fine courage. As a girl she was one of the prettiest and most popular young women of the city, but in early middle life she suffered a stroke of paralysis that left her a bad cripple. She was working at the Campbell & Son Company store at that time, but her physical condition did not daunt her, and when she had recovered to some extent she started a novelty store at her home on East Kirkwood Avenue. And in spite of her handicaps, she made a success of her business. Mrs. Hellener was a member of the United Presbyterian Church and Rev. Thomas R. Hanna, Jr., will come here from Champaign, Ill., to preacher the funeral service. The funeral will likely be held Tuesday from the Allen & Allen undertaking home.

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