Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-07-25
The Death Record.

1 liz OSath AN~SoAs
Miss M. Julia Rentch, daughter Of
D. S. Rentch, Esq, entered into res.
last Sunday morning about nine
clock, after a painful illness of near
| " four months. Stricken last Easter
with the sicknessthat proved fatal,
/ and suffering almost constant pain,
death came as welcome relief, and
she passed peacefully away at the last,
with her friends and relatives about
her bedside. Miss Rentch was 4S
years old, and all her life was spent
| in ShepherdstaSn, where she was ac-
tive and helpful in almost every de.
paftment of village life as well as IN
her family and domestic affairs. She
was an earnest and useful member OF
the Reformed Church, and gave both
to the church and the Sunday School
very largely Of her time and service,
having been In charge of the infant
department for long time and always
interested in every feature Of church
| work. She was graduate of Shep.
herd College, of the class Of 1876. and
a prominent member of the Alumni
Association. She was also member
of the United Daughters OF the Con-
federacy and of other ladies organiza-
tons of the town. She will be missed
very greatly by the whole community
as well as by members of her family.
Of a bright and cheerful disposition,
energetic and helpful, always ready
for any duty imposed upon her, she
was most highly regarded by wide
circle of friends. who deplore her
earthly departure. She is survived
by her aged father, to whom she min
istered so thoughtfully in his declin.
ing years, and by two brothers and
two sisters: D. L. Rentch, of shep'
herdstown J. E. Rentch, of San
Francisco; Mrs. Eleanor Byers, OF
Clarksville, Tenn; and Mrs. 9. D.
Wysong, of this place. They have
the sympathy of our people in their
bereavement. The funeral service was
held Tuesday morning in the Reformed
Church, and was largely attended.
The service, which was solemn and
impressive, was conducted by her pas
tor, Rev. J. David Miller. Mrs. Dav.
export, of Louisville, sang exquisitely
as solo"O ne sweetly solemn thought.
The body was laid to rest in the GEM
etery adjoining.
Mrs. Fanny Elizabeth Duke, widow
of the late George Duke, died at the
residence of her brother.in-law, Robert
N. Duke, near Bakerton, in this coun-
ty, on Friday morning last, III the
saith year of her age. She was a
daughter of the late Capt. Chiswell, of
Frederick county, Md, and leaves
two sons resillns ia Washington City.
Funeral services were held at Mr..
Dukes residence Sunday morning,
conducte by R-v. J. E. Triplett, after
which interment was mazda in Edge
Hill Cemetery, Charles Town.
Drs. Martin and Shipman, of Bal
timore, assisted by DR.. E. M. CARROT,
of Sharpsburg, and DR.. W. NJ. Nlhiser,
of Keedysville, performed an opera
ton Tuesday at Sharpsburg upon.
David Gross, son of Josephus Gross,
for straugulated bowel. The patients
condition was so critical that the oper-
alton had to be abandoned before it
could be completed, and he died at
half-past IL o'clock yesterday. The
young man was Is years Of age.
Richard johnson Rankin, the oldest
resident of Berkeley county, died at
his home in Martinsburg last Saturday
morning, in the 95th year of his age.
He was a native of North Carolina,
but had lived in Maj tinsburg since
1868. He conducted a photograph
gallery in that town for number of
years.