Wayne County Record
March 1915

 As announced in last week's Record, Tyra Kenshalo was sticken with paralysis on Tuesday morning. He grew gradually worse until death claimed him at 5:15 on Thursday evening.  The deceased had been in exceptionally good health and was in the full vigor of manhood.  He had retired from the farm and moved to this city over a year ago but still took an active interest in affairs.

A son had come from a trip to St. Louis on the early train on Tuesday and he decided to take him to the home farm and hitched up for that purpose.  Before getting out of the city he complained of feeling distressed and the lines fell from his grasp.  The son who was with him returned with his father at once to his home and medical aid was summoned but to no avail.

A year ago Mr. Kenshalo was favored by his township by being elected to the position of first Commissioner under the single Commissioner system that had been adopted.  He took a great interest in conducting the affairs of the office in such manner as to secure the best possible results at the least expense to the tax payers and he was universally conceded to be making a splendid officer.The deceased had been a hard worker all of his life and was counted a splendid farmer, who knew how to make his farm bring good results.  He was broad minded and liberal in his dealings with his fellow men and was honest to a fault.  His position in the community will be a difficult one to fill.

Tyra Kenshalo was the son of T.V. and Mary A. Kenshalo and was the seventh child of a family of nine children.  He was born December 1, 1856 about six miles south of Fairfield near which place he was reared and where he resided until about 13 months ago when he moved to Fairfield where he died March 25th at 5:15 a.m.  after suffering nearly two days from a stroke of paralysis.  On April 21, 1878 he was married
to Mary A. Hall.  To his union seven children, four girls and three boys were born.  Four have preceded him to the great beyond.  He leaves behind his wife, two sons, Benoni and Ralph and one daughter, Mrs. Ira D. Gardner, with one brother Morgan, and a sister, Mrs. Sarah E. Morris and a number of other relatives and friends to measure truly the extent of their loss.

Funeral services were conducted by Elder J.P. Turner, assisted by Rev. N.S. Lanter at the New Hope Church in Big Mound Township, Friday at 2 p.m., interment in the Kenshalo Cemetery.