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Subject: [PABUCKS-L] News from Pennsburg - January 9, 1904
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 22:49:21 EST
Ref: Town and Country Newspaper
Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA
Saturday - January 9, 1904
MORTUARY
SNYDER - Died on Thursday morning Dec. 31, 1903, at his home at Zionsville,
John SNYDER, of apoplexy, aged 70 years, 3 months and 16 days. Mr. SNYDER was a
highly esteemed and respected citizen and while in the act of butchering last
Monday was stricken which later proved fatal. He is survived by his wife,
three children, Allen and Jacob SNYDER, and Mrs. Charles YODER, Zionsville, and
one brother, Samuel SNYDER of Catasauqua. The funeral took place Tuesday at 10
a.m. Rev. Mr. FRANTZ conducted short services at the house. The regular
funeral services were held in the Zionsville Lutheran Church and were conducted by
Rev. I.B. RITTER. Interment was made in the adjoining cemetery.
YODER - Died, on New Year's morning of dropsy, David YODER, of Franconia
Square, aged 58 years. Mr. YODER was never married, and had been blind for
fifty-one years. Interment was made on Tuesday at the Rock Hill cemetery.
KRUPP - Died, on Tuesday night, shortly before midnight, at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. William BIEHN, of Pennsburg, Mrs. Elizabeth KRUPP, relict of
Jesse KRUPP, of infirmities due to old age. She was thrice married and 2 sons and
three daughters survive her. Her age was 78 years, 11 months and 27 days. The
funeral was held last evening at 7 o'clock at the home of Mr. BIEHN. Further
services will be held at the Orvilla Meeting House near Hatfield todya at 12
o'clock where interment will also be made.
ROSENBERGER - Died, on Friday morning, January 1, 1904 at her home in
Philadelphia, Mrs. Lyman ROSENBERGER, of internal cancer, at the age of 47 years 7
months and 26 days. Mr. and Mrs. ROSENBERGER formerly resided at Harleysville.
The funeral was held at the Lower Mennonite Meeting House near Harleysville on
Sunday. Interment on the church cemetery. Her husband and these children
survive, Wellington, Mrs. Stella GROFF and Harry, all of Philadelphia.
GREISAMER - Died, Thursday morning January 7, 1904, at Philadelphia, Mrs. Dav
id GREISAMER, aged 81 years. Mrs. GREISAMER's husband died some time ago. They
used to reside at Klinesville. Her death was due to old age. The funeral will
be held tomorrow at the St. Paul's Lutheran church, near Red Hill, in
connection with the regular church services.
FOX - Died, Sunday morning, at the residence of her son-in-law, W.H. MOYER,
of Anise, Mrs. Barbara A. FOX, at the age of 60 years, 2 month and 1 day. She
was the widow of Gideon FOX, late of Anise. Her death was due to catarrh of the
stomach with which she suffered for several days until pneumonia set in and
hastened her death. She was a daughter of the late James Bartman, and is
survived by the following children: Caroline, wife of Zepheniah SCHAFFER, of
Pottstown; Alfred, of Hillegass; Mrs. Wm. H. MOYER, of Hoffmansville, and Calvin, of
Frederick. Her brothers are Henry BARTMAN, of Frederick; Benneville, of
Sassamansville; Samuel, of Zieglerville, and her sisters are Mrs. James WEIDNER, of
Bethlehem; Mrs. D.J. RUMBEL, of Red Hill, and Mrs. Charles KULP, of near
Finland. She was twice married. Her first husband was Augustus ROYER, who served
and died in the Civil War. The funeral will be held today at 9 o'clock a.m., at
the residence of Wm. H. MOYER and interment will be made at Sassamansville.
Rev. W.B. FOX will officiate.
HUNSBERGER - Died, on Thursday morning, at the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Josiah HUNSBERGER, of Pennsburg, Mary Ann, at the age of 25 years. She was
an invalid all her life. The funeral will be held on Tuesday, at the Bethesda
church, near Clayton.
DEATH LIST OF 1903 IN PENNSBURG
Samuel KEPLER, health officer of the borough of Pennsburg, kept an accurate
account of the deaths in the borough during the past year. There were only
twelve deaths during the year, and none from a contagious disease since January
19, 1902. The death rate is one per cent. The following is the list: January 15,
Sara GILBERT, aged 58 years; January 23, Helen BAUER, 5 months; February 26,
Silas KULP, 61 years; April 23, Mrs. Peter RENNINGER, 66 years; April 29,
Minnie KNEULE, 8 months; July 3, Mrs. James G. MENSCH, 71 years; August 26, Jesse
ROTHENBERGER, 76 years; Sept. 11, Mrs. Jesse ROTHENBERGER, 72 years; November
14, John J. WALTER, 37 years; November 25, Lewis KEHL, 73 years; December 13,
Verna MCNOLTY, 6 years; December 28, Glenna KULP, 5 months.
LITTLE GIRL DIES OF TOOTHACHE
After participating in a school entertainment, Ethel M. FLAIL, of Pottsville
aged 8 years, was seized with violent toothache. All efforts to releive the
pain failed. The brain was finally affected, and on Wednesday the girl died. The
case is without a parallel in that vicinity.
DIED FIGHTING FIRE
Alexander LYNCH, 65 years old, lost his life while trying to extinguish a
fire in the barn of Jacob WHITE, of Norristown. LYNCH came to Norristown several
weeks ago from Collegeville, where he had worked for years for Dr. ROYER.
Having no home, he was given permission to take up his quarters in the barn. While
he was experimenting with an oil stove Monday evening there was an explosion,
and the next minute the second story of the barn was ablaze. The man had a
chance to escape from the structure, but after running to the door and calling
for help he returned and started to fight the flames. Then he was overcome by
the dense smoke, and when the firemen arrived his dead body was discovered. The
firemen had trouble in securing a supply of water, owing to the intense cold,
and the flames were extinguished with snow.
FELL DEAD WHILE SHOVELING SNOW
David HILL, 65 years old, while shoveling snow in his yard at Reading on
Saturday fell dead of heart disease. He was employed as an engineer at the Reading
Company shops for thirty-eight years.
LONG DRIVE MEANT DEATH
Benjamin GERHART, of Kleinfeltersville, Berks county, drove ten miles in a
blinding snow storm to Womelsdorf on Saturday and then dropped dead of paralysis
of the heart, superinduced by the severe cold.
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