WASHINGTON, May 22. -Mrs. Melvina Sawyer, wife of Senator Sawyer of Wisconsin, who died here yesterday, has been an invalid for eight years, She was affected with progressive paralysis.
For over a year she has been unable to speak a word and conversed in a sign language of her own invention.
Tomorrow morning a simple funeral will be held at her late residence and the remains will be taken to Oshkosh, Wis., where the funeral will take place on Saturday.
The Buffalo News, Buffalo, New York
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