LAKE COUNTY OHIO - OBIT: Mrs. Mary VAN NESS (d. 1938) *********************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Deb Breniser rbcobb@ncweb.com January 29, 2000 *********************************************************************** From the Painesville Telegraph, Lake County, OH 25 Oct. 1938 Death Takes Mrs. Mary Van Ness PERRY, Oct. 25,-Mrs. Mary E. Van Ness, aged 91, for 25 years a resident of Perry, died late Monday at the home of Paul Schumaker on Call Rd., here following a lengthy illness. Born in Cleveland, she came to Perry where she resided in the Van Ness homestead, one of the oldest landmarks in Lake County. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Funeral services will be held at the Nixon Funeral home N. State St., Painesville, Thursday at 3:30 p.m., with the Rev. Howard Brown, pastor of the Perry Methodist Episcopal church officiating. Burial will be in Perry Cemetery. Friends may call at the Nixon Funeral home.