Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-06-18
Death Is Ever Busy.

Death Is Ever Busy.
The Melville community was shock
ed on Wednesday morning at the sud-
den death of Mr.. Frank b. Gardner,
one of the best-known citizens of that
section of the county. Although
somewhat complaining, Mr.. Gard
ner was able to attend to his work on
the morning of his death. he had
hitched horse to a buggy for his
wife and daughter to drive to Bolivar
and was found dead few minutes af-
terward in the yard near his house,
the sudden ending of his life being due
it is believed, to heart failure. Mr..
Gardner, who was the oldest son of
the late John w. Gardner, near Hall
town, was in the 62nd year of his age,
and with the exception of a few years
residence in Loudoun county, Va, had
spent his entire life in this county.
He leaves widow, who was dsugh-
ter of the late John Hess, for years
county superintendent Of schools in
this county. Surviving him also are
two sons, Fountaine, at Pitcairn, Pa,
and Frank Jr., residing in Philadel.
delphis, and two daughters, Misses
Mary and Lille Gardner, at home.
Sheriff j. William Gardner and Mr..
Brown Gardner, near Shepherdstown
and DR.. s. Howell Gardner, Shar ps-
burg, Nd, are half brothers of the
deceased. Mrs. Luther Potterfeld, of
Uvilla, and Mrs. Chas. a. Moore,
near Charles Town, are his half sisters.
The funeral services were held Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home,
burial in Edge Hill Cemetery. I'D.
vocGts.
Mrs. Mary Smaltz, wife of Mr..
Cleveland R. Smaltz and daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Allen Entler, for
merlY of Shepherdstown, died in the
Kings Daughters Hospital in Mar
tinsburg last Sunday night. She was
taken i'll on the previous Tuesday
with obstruction of the bowels, and
the PHYSICIANS being unable to afford
relief, she grew extremely i'll. Sun
day afternoon she was taken to the
hospital and DR.. Martin, of Baltimore,
was summoned to perform an opera
ton. She was so extremely weak,
however, that nothing could be done
for her, and she passed away at 10
o'clock. The deceased, who was about
q years of age, was native Of Shep-
herdstown, but had lived in Martins
burg the past ten years. She was a
most estimable young woman, and
her death causes great regret among
her friends here and in Msrtinsburg.
The funeral took place on Tuesday in
the Lutheran church, of which she
had been a consistent member, the
service being conducted by her pastor,
Rev. G. S. Trump, and the body was
inferred in Green Hill Cemetery.
Besides her husband and parents, Mrs.
Smaltz is survived by FIVE brothers
and three sisters.
Miss Annie Ridenour, former resi-.
dent of Charles Town, but for a number
of years clerk in the United States
Pension Office, died in her apartment
at the Mount Vernon, Washington,
last week. Miss Ridenour was the
daughter of the late John Ridenour,
of Jefferson county, and leaves one
sister, Mrs. George W. Chase, of Shep-
herdstown.
Mrs. Caroline McSherry, widow Of
James McSherry, formerly oil Mar
tinsburg, died last week in Roanoke,
Va, aged 76 years.
Mrs. Rebecca Jane Earnshaw, one
of Charles Towns oldest and most re.
spected residents, died last Friday,
aged 70 years.
Mr.. William McIntire, father of Mr..
A. @. McIntire, died at his home in
Berkeley Springs last Sunday, aged
80 years.
Mrs. Richard s. Brown died at her
home in Martinsburg last Friday, from
consumption, aged % years.
Miss Mary Louisa Dubbins died
last Friday at her home near Summit
Point, aged 81 years.