Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-07-09
DEATHS.

June ~, lJUo, Jeuule, Wlle VI MlCHdci
Duane.
KURTZMAN-Ath her home in Butler,
July 4. 1908, Mary KurtZman-
She was buried in Allegheny.
THOMPSON-At his home, 315 First
street. July 4. 1903, of Bright's di-
sease, Elmer Thompson, son of Robt.
NJ. Thompson, aged Is years.
BERND-At her home in Beaver Co.,
June 81, 1903, Mrs. Bernd, formerly
of Cranberry township, and wife of
Jacob Bernd, aged 63 years.
FLEEGER-At his home in Franklin
township, June 13, 1908. Russell R,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. R. Fleeger,
aged ) months and days.
MCCLINTOCK- the parents home,
407 Fourth street, July 8, 1908.
Freddie, son of John McClintock and
wife, aged months.
His remains were buried at Beulah
church
HOFFMAN-Ath his home on n. Nc
Kean street, July 2. 1902, of apoplexy,
John Hoffman. aged 81 years.
Mr. Hoffmans wife died some years
ago and the only survivor of the family
is Miss Susan.
PARK-At his home in Middlesex twp,
June %, 1908, James w. Park, aged
7S years.
The deceased was unmarried and was
a brother of William, decd, and OF
Thomas and John Park.
her home in Como
quenessing twp. July 2, 1903, of
pneumonia, Mary, daughter of John
McGinnis, aged 90 years
Her remains were buried at White
Oak Springs church, July 4th.
DITCHBURN AT the home of his SON.
in-law, Samuel Sherwin, 30S Walnut
ST., July 5. 1903, George Ditchburn,
in his S5th year.
His remains were taken to his former
home. in Petrolia, and inferred in Bear
Creek cemetery.
WILEY-At her home in Clinton, June
81, 1908, Mrs. Elizabeth. wife of John
Wiley. Sr., aged As years.
Mrs. Wiley's death was caused by
diphtheria. Three children preceded
her from same disease Mr.. Wiley and
his little boy are all that are left of the
family.
her home in Clinton
township, Sunday, June %. 1908, Cora
daughter of Robert Anderson.
Miss Anderson was taken i'll with
typhoid fever while nursing in Johns
town, Pa, hcsp::tal and when conva-
lesent was sent home where she was
taken sick with pneumonia, which her
weakened system was not able to with
stand.
or he
Hotel, Kearns crossing, July A, 1903.
months and "a days.
The deceased was the oldest son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Chess StOner and had
two years he suffered with cancer which
brother and sister and young wife sur
ceased organized lodge of the Prudent
Patricians of Pompeii in Butler and
members of this organization were the
pallbearers at his funeral which was
held Tuesday afternoon, his remains be-
ing placed in the North cemetery.
MASSETH-At Battle Creek, Mich,
June 80, 1908, Benjamin Masseth, in
his 64th year.
Mr.. Masseth's death was caused by
cancer Of the stomach with which he
had been suffering for some time. Eight
weeks before his death he had gone to
Battle Creek for treatment The de-
ceased was born in Rochester, N. Y +,
and was successively railroad
engineer, hotel keeper at Plurner and
Pithole. and manufacturer of fishing
tools. engines, etc., on patents which he
had bought at Pithole, Sham burg
Parker, Karns City, Modoc and finally
Butler, having located here and estab-
lished spendid plant in 1889. He
was a director in the Butler County
National Bank. He is survived by his
wife, and several relatives in Rochester.
In accordance with expressed wishes of
the deceased his remains were Gre
mated at Detroit.
BERG-At her home in Butler. July 4,
1908. Mrs. Martha Berg, widow of
John Berg, Sr.. aged 80 years, IL
months and days.
Mrs. Berg had been in poor health
for some months and her death was not
unexpected.
She was born in Binsdorf, Germany,
in 1922 and was a daughter of Marcus
Eyth. The family canne to America IN
1889 and in 1910 she was married to
John Berg, in the church that stood
near the old cemetery on Institute Hill,
by Rev. Father Cody. She has lived in
Butler since, and of her family but two
now remain alive-Mrs. Kelly of Butler
and Frank Eyth of Slipperyrock. Her
husband, John Berg Sr. died in 1884,
aged 70 years; and of her children, she
is survived by five sons-John, Henry.
Louis, Marcus and Charles, and by
four daughters-Mary, Maggie. Martha
and Annie
She was a kind hearted, Christian
woman and was beloved by all who
knew her.
Obituary.
John Siebert of Chicora died at the
County Home, Saturday, aged "a years.
Alphonse Lambermont. we'll
died Tuesday aged AZ years.
James Semple, aged 90 years, who
married Miss Lettie George of Shore
st. last week. died yesterday at Kittan-
ming.
J. M. McCreary. formerly of Butler,
ultO dt Ills uOul6 III nOIu6St6dQ, u6S-
day, aged So years. His death was
caused by hemorrhages of the lungs, he
had been sick for FIVE months.
Albert J. Brown, son of Rev.
Nathan L. Brown of Pittsburg and
grandson of Joseph Brown of near
Brownsdale was one of the victims of
the food caused by the bursting of
dam at Oakland Park near Jeanette,
last Sunday. He and his fancee, Miss
Eva Wigginton. neighbor in Pitts
burg and who was visiting friends in
North Irwin, were in the Park, below
the dam, that day and both were
drowned They were to have been
married today. Their bodies were
found in the debris in Brush creek and
lay at the morgue together, with those
of another young man named Brown
and his girl named Bird, who were also
drowned Albert Browns mother was
a Starr, sister of the Starr brothers of
Butler.
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