Obituary: Winnebago County, Wisconsin: John REFF

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Daily Northwestern April 17, 1905 p.1

Dies Very Suddenly

John Reff, Who Recently Came Here From Russia, Expires in Office of Dr.
M.E. Corbett

While waiting to take a treatment at the office of Dr. M. E. Corbett, 156
Court street, this morning about ten o'clock, John Ref of 12 Seventh
avenue, West Algoma, died almost instantly in the presence of the members
of his family, following a fatal attack of heart failure of but a few
minutes duration.  The deceased was thirty-three years of age and had been
a resident of the city but for the past month, having recently come to this
country from Russia where he was born.  It was not deemed necessary to call
a coroner's jury.

It was but a few minutes before ten o'clock that Mr. Reff, who had been
taking treatments at the office of Dr. Corbett since his arrival in
Oshkosh, arrived at the office with his wife and members of his family.
They were seated in the reception room, Mr. Reff waiting his turn to go to
the treating room in charge of Dr. N. Andrews, who has charge of the office
while Dr. Corbett is abroad, when without the slightest warning, his head
tipped back and his face assumed a deathly pallor.  His wife quickly went
to the assistance of her husband and Dr. Andrews was summoned from the next
room, who administered restoratives, but all treatment was in vain.  The
doctor pronounced the man dead within four minutes after being taken with
the attack.  Dr. Andrews states that the cause of death was heart failure. 
The deceased had been ill for some years past with a complication of heart
and lung troubles and it was considered by the attending physician since
beginning to take treatments in this city, that his demise was but a matter
of a short time.

The remains were taken to the undertaking rooms of William Konrad.  The
deceased was employed for a time at the Paine Lumber company's plant.  The
funeral arrangements have not as yet been made