Mrs. Martin C. Bortner Dies After Long Illness At Age Of 72 Years
STICKS, December 6 – After a long sickness of a complication of diseases, a week of which she was confined to bed, Mrs. Elvina Catharine Bortner, wife of Martin C. Bortner, died yesterday at 11:30 a.m. at her home, near here. She was aged 72 years, 11 months and 28 days.
Besides her husband she leaves a daughter, Mrs. Emma Forry, near Lineboro, Md.; a son, Ammon Bortner, Glen Rock RD, and the following brothers and sisters: James and Noah Shearer, Glenville; Adam and William Shearer, York; George Shearer, Spring Grove RD; Mrs. Edward Miller and Mrs. Jacob Sheaffer, Glen Rock RD, and Mrs. A. L. Newcomer, of York.
The funeral will be held on Monday with brief services at her home at 9:30 a.m., after which concluding services will be held in the Stone Church, with interment in the adjoining cemetery. The Rev. W. H. Ehrhart, pastor of the Jefferson Lutheran charge, will officiate. Funeral Director George W. Geiple and Son, of Glen Rock, have charge of the funeral.
Mrs. Martin C. Bortner Dies After Long Illness At Age Of 72 Years
STICKS, December 6 – After a long sickness of a complication of diseases, a week of which she was confined to bed, Mrs. Elvina Catharine Bortner, wife of Martin C. Bortner, died yesterday at 11:30 a.m. at her home, near here. She was aged 72 years, 11 months and 28 days.
Besides her husband she leaves a daughter, Mrs. Emma Forry, near Lineboro, Md.; a son, Ammon Bortner, Glen Rock RD, and the following brothers and sisters: James and Noah Shearer, Glenville; Adam and William Shearer, York; George Shearer, Spring Grove RD; Mrs. Edward Miller and Mrs. Jacob Sheaffer, Glen Rock RD, and Mrs. A. L. Newcomer, of York.
The funeral will be held on Monday with brief services at her home at 9:30 a.m., after which concluding services will be held in the Stone Church, with interment in the adjoining cemetery. The Rev. W. H. Ehrhart, pastor of the Jefferson Lutheran charge, will officiate. Funeral Director George W. Geiple and Son, of Glen Rock, have charge of the funeral.
Family Members
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William Werner Shearer
1858–1931
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Alpheus Jacob Shearer
1859–1903
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James Wesley Shearer
1861–1938
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Emeline Susanna Shearer
1862–1863
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Sarah Ann Shearer Miller
1865–1940
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Ella M. Shearer Newcomer
1866–1936
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George Daniel Shearer
1869–1947
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Noah Aaron Shearer
1871–1939
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Amanda Maria Shearer Sheaffer
1872–1911
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Melia Agnes Shearer Shue Sheaffer
1874–1951
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Adam Henry Shearer
1878–1930
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