OBIT: Annie Catherine (Hertz) Roth, 1913, Adams County, PA

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Mrs. John Roth

Mrs. Annie Catherine Roth, wife of John Roth, Sr., passed away at her late home, 
No. 309 Main street, McSherrystown, shortly before midnight Tuesday, August 19.  
Death was the result of injuries sustained in a fall about seven weeks ago.  She 
was aged 79 years and 25 days.

Mrs. Roth was a highly esteemed woman and well-known in this section.  She was a 
daughter of William and Elizabeth Hertz, late of Hanover, and was born in York, 
where her early life was spent.  She was married to John Roth in 1856, who 
survives together with the following children:  Mrs. Sarah Dean, Washington, D. 
C.; Mrs. David H. C. Willet, Mrs. Harry Bunty, William Roth and Henry J. Roth, 
of McSherrystown, Miss Agnes Roth and John Roth, Jr., at home.  One brother and 
a sister William Hertz, of Midway and Mrs. Peter Rider, of York, also survive.  
There are 19 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.

Funeral Saturday, August 23, from St. Mary’s church, McSherrystown, where a 
Requiem High mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m., by Rev. L. Aug. Reudter, 
interment on the family lot in St. Mary’s cemetery.

The Hanover Herald – Saturday, August 23, 1913