Allegheny County PA Archives-  Obituaries: O'Rourke, Ann, 03 Nov 1889

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from The Pittsburgh Press dated Monday, November 4 1889  (page 5):

Mrs Ann O'ROURKE was found dead before the stove in her home in the
West End.  She died of paralysis of the heart.

from The Pittsburg Dispatch dated Monday, November 4 1889  (page 2):

DEAD BEFORE THE STOVE

Mrs Ann O'ROURKE, a woman about 60 years old, was found dead in her
kitchen, before her stove, at noon yesterday.  She lived in a
two-story framed house on Wabash avenue, near Independence street,
West End.  A policeman who was informed of the woman's death notified
Dr T M Ryall, who examined the body.  The woman had been dead a very
short time.  The doctor thought the cause of death was neuralgia of
the heart.  She had been lighting the fire to prepare dinner when she
fell.

Mrs O'ROURKE had lived for many years in the West End.  She had four
children.  A grown son and a grown daughter do not live at home.
Another son, George, is a teaser in the mill of J Painter & Sons.  The
third son is 12 years old.  Both boys living at home were out of the
house at the time of their mother's death.

Nearly three year ago, some of the neighbors called the attention of
the Humane Society to the treatment which Mrs O'ROURKE's husband was
receiving.  When an investigation was made, the old man was found
confined in an apartment in the basement of the house.  He was in poor
health, ragged and filthy.  He had been kept there for three months on
meager food.  He was unable to work and was sent to the Poor Farm.
The coroner will investigate Mrs O'ROURKE's death to-day.


from the City of Pittsburgh Death Records:

Ellen O'ROURKE, aged 54 years, married, died November 3 1889, heart
failure; born in Ireland; lived on Independent Street, 34th Ward;
burial in Broadhead Cemetery on November 4 1889.

NOTES:
Broadhead Cemetery appears to be what is now known as St Philip
Cemetery in Crafton.