Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-04-19
DEATHS.

BAILEY-At his home IN Du Bois,
April IA. 1906. Joseph Baile-, Gen
Manager of the Erie Coal Co.
WARNER-At a Hospital. April -,
1906 Edward l.. Warner, of Aspin-
wall. husband of Jessie Hazlett
Warner, formerly of Butler.
BOGGS-At his homo in Avalon, April
IA. 1906, A. Bion Boggs. aged As years.
Mr.. Boggs had been in poor health
for sometime, and underwent an opera
tion at Philadelphia last month from
which he never recovered he was
born in Evans City. entered the employ
of Boggs & Bull as a clerk. and gradu-
ally rose to be general manager Of the
great department store, which was
closed. Monday, in his honor. He is
survived by his wife, nee Emma Gibson
of Allegheny.
STAHL-At Petersburg, Ohio, April 6,
Mrs. Annie Stahl, nee McDermott,
formerly of Butler. in her 31st year
WALKER-At the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs Hodil III Avalon April 13.
1906, Mrs. Jane H, widow of Robert
r. Walker, aged 81 years.
Mrs Walkers maiden name was Jane
Riddle. and she was barn and raised
in HaTrisville. She is survived by seven
sons and three daughters. Mrs. John
S. Hodil and the Misses Jennie and
Catherine. Avalon; Alphius, Washing
ton, Kans: A. 3. Walker. Bradford, Pa.
Samuel, Harrisburg; Harris, of ST.
Augustine, Fla; William w, OF
Parkersburg. w. Va; John, OF Erie,
and James A. Of York.
HAYS-At the home of her daughter,
Mrs Cowell in Wilmerdipg. April 13,
1906, Mrs Evaline Hays. aged "A
years.
She was born in Butler county but for
80 years had lived in Allegheny. Three
sons and two daughters survive, John,
George and Charles Hays of Allegheny;
Mrs. H S. McCallister of Allegheny,
and Mrs. Cowell of Wilmerding,
RITTS-At his home in ST. Petersburg,
Pa April II, 1906, Elias Ritts, aged
SO years
Mr. Ritts' death was due to old age,
and stroke of paralysis. last Thursday.
| He was the father of ]. V. Ritts, Mrs,
A G. Anderson, and W. A. Ritts OF
Butler. The time for the funeral has
not yet been fixed. on account of the
absence of J. V. Ritts in Mexico
| CARNIVAL her home in Cranberry
| twp, April 16. 1906. Mrs. Margaret.
widow Of Newton Garvin, aged 50
| years.
DONOHUE-Ath her home in Pittsburg,
April 16, Annie Donohue, aged 46
| years.
| GRAHAM AT her home in Cranberry
twp, April 10Th, 1906, Mrs Mary E.,
wife of Wesley Graham, aged about
40 years.
| Mrs Graham is survived by her hus-
band and four children. She was a
daughter of John Goehring
| CRESS-At the Hospital, April II.
1906, William, son of Mr.. and Mrs
John C. Cress OF. w. North St.. aged
years.
Death was caused by typhoid fever
and measles
HAMMERLE-At his home in Economy
twp, Beaver Co, April 10. 1906, John
Hammerle, aged II years.
| His wife was Elizabeth Schafter OF
IZelienople
BENNINGER- AT the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Ben
ninger on MacBey ave-. April 16,
1906. Charles E. 8. Benninger, aged
3j years.
| KAPPES-At the County Home, April
10. 1906 Henry Kappes. formerly Oh
Summit township and Hannahstown,
| aged ".
He was a member of the German
Lutheran church.
Obituary.
Mrs Anna Piper, formerly Of Millers
town, died at Beaver Falls, the 10th,
aged 20 years.
James Drinks. aged twenty-one years
large and powerful young man en-
ployed as slater by S. S. Gill, was
stricken with acute kidney trouble and
spinal meningitis at the Christie hotel
Koonce building Saturday morning and
died Sunday night. He came to Butler
from Tarentum and has brother liv
ing in that place.
| Charles Bruner and Charles Atkinson
were out fishing together about 0 O'Clock
Saturday evening on the Allegheny
river at Freeport. In some way Bruner,
an expert swimmer and very powerful
man, got into the water and was
drowned. Atkinson Is blamed for
knocking him out of the boat with an
car and was arrested. Bruner was
about sc years of age and lived with
his widowed mother.