Harrisburg Newspapers

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By Steven Matthew Hahn, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

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The Patriot, Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, May 1, 1905

 

MRS. SARAH HESS DEAD

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One of the City's Oldest Women Passed

Away at Age of 86

 

      At the age of eighty-six years, Mrs. Sarah Hess died at the Home for the Friendless yesterday morning from the effects of age. She is survived by four daughters all of whom live in this city. Mrs. Hess has been living at the home for seven years. She became ill on last Christmas. The funeral services will be held to-morrow at the home. The interment will be made in the Harrisburg Cemetery.

 

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The Star Independent, Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, May 1, 1905

 

Mrs. Sarah Hess Dead

 

      Mrs. Sarah Hess died at the Home for the Friendless yesterday morning at the age of 86 years. She is survived by four daughters, all of whom live in this city. Mrs. Hess had been living at the home for over seven years. She became ill on last Christmas. The funeral services will be held to-morrow at the home. The interment will be made in the Harrisburg [ends abruptly]

 

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The Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, May 1, 1905

 

Mrs. Sarah Hess

 

      Mrs. Sarah Hess, one of the oldest residents of Harrisburg, died yesterday at the Home for the Friendless from infirmities of old age. The funeral will be held to-morrow at the Home, and interment will be made in the Harrisburg Cemetery. Mrs. Hess is survived by four daughters who reside in this city.