The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-09-05
BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES

s BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGE
7 WILLIAMS.-The funeral of Sarah
e Williams was held Saturday morning
from the residence. Interment in For
. est cemetery. Rev. !. o. Kemble had
: charge of the service.
| LONG.-Died, at the home of its
: parents, Jesse and Rena Long, in Mad.
isoh township, at IL NJ. Sept 1, 1912,
an infant child. aged six hours. Funer-
al from the home Monday morning,
! Sept. 2, Interment in Woods GENE
terry.
: NEY- BURDESS.-Mar Monday
afternoon, August &c, 1912, at the Of
fee of the officiating justice, Squire
c. Woodruff, Miss Bessie Burdess to
Harry Ney, both of Mahaska county.
The groom Is son of George Ney, re-
siding southwest of town, and the
bride is daughter of one of the old
time pioneer families. The young
people will reside at Beacon, near
where the groom is engaged. Friends
offer congratulations.
i GREEN - SWIM. - Married, at the
home of the officiating justice. at 800
o'clock p. M. Tuesday, Aug. %. 1912,
Miss Lola NJ. Swim to Mr.. G. N.
Green, both of this city, Squire C.
Woodruff performing the ceremony.
Mr.. Green is young barber who has
worked about town and is favorably
known among personal friends and
associates. while the bride Is an es-
Unable young lady and a favorite
with those who have met her. The
young folks will make their home in
town for the present.
! SAMPSON-Word was received by
the S. w. White family last evening
of the death Friday afternoon at Wat
erloo of Mrs. Lee Sampson, wife of
Mrs. Whites brother, after a severe
illness. Mr. and Mrs. White are leav-
>.
Sampson was a resident of Oskaloosa
several years, while Mr.. Sampson was
engaged with the Crescent Coal com
pany, and had offices here. She was
known to large circle of friends and
her death causes regret among former
friends and acquaintances.
KENDIG.-MrS. Catherine Kendig,
ly at her home, No. COZ Third avenue
West, Saturday, Aug, 81, 1912, at TWEEN
ty minutes after twelve o'clock. noon,
of neuralgia of the heart, an attack of
which came upon her suddenly and
without warning, rendering her help
less and death ensued almost imme-
diately. The deceased had been in ex-
cellent health and in her usual good
spirits. There had been previous
suggestion of heart trouble, but moth.
ing of a character to cause alarm
just a sense of pain that was attribut-
ed to indigestion. This condition was
of infrequent occurrence. Saturday
morning while busying herself about
the kitchen in preparation of dinner
the deceased was seized with a sudden
and severe pain in the region of the
heart. She went to her bedroom to
lie down. Mr.. Kendig. who had been
i'll several days, was at home. He
was shocked by the sudden illness
of his wife and did what he could to
relieve her, applying a linament and
household remedies. Homer Kendig,
the well-known Oskaloosa letter car
rier, came home for dinner at this
moment. AS he did not see his moth
er about the dining-room he thought
she had stepped out and he went into
the kitchen, where he started to as
sist in the preparation for the meal.
The mother then called him and made
apology for not having dinner ready.
Homer spent few moments with
her, doing what he could to assure
her that the dinner was all right.
She seemed easier and the son re-
urned to the kitchen. After moving
about the room Mrs. Kendig again
lald down upon ner Oeu, resting oh
Dor side. Mr.. Kendig watching her all
he while. She was quiet for few
moments. then gasped for breath a
couple times. Mr. kendig in alarm
called his son, who responded instant
ly. The mother was unconscious as
he reached her side and death ensued
lmost instantly. Help was summon
ed and physician was on hand with
in a short time, but to no purpose.
Mrs. Kendig was almost eighty
years of age and has resided in Os-
kaloosa sihce 1864. almost fifty years
and in Mahaska county ten years long
err, from about 1855, and was one of
the oldest residents of the city. Cath
crime Earhart was born in Portage
county, Ohio, of Hertzine Earhart and
Mary Shoemaker Earhart, and was
78 years, 1 month and q days OF
age at death. She was married to
Henry r. Kendig at Navarro, Stark
county, Ohio. November 1, 1852 and
couple of years later with the husband
came to Mahaska county to "Roches-