OBIT: Anna N. (SHULTZ) EDWARDS, 1921, native of Martinsburg, Blair County, PA

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MRS. ANNA N. EDWARDS

  Mrs. Anna N. Edwards, wife of W. H. Edwards of this place, died in 
the Lakeside hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, on Thursday morning, November 
17, death being caused by a hemorrhage of the brain, following an 
operation for goiter on November 15.  Mrs. Edwards had been ill since 
last spring, and complications had made her case very serious, so that 
this operation was a last resort, with the hope that through it she 
might gain relief.  Mr. Edwards accompanied his wife to Cleveland 
several weeks ago, since which time she was in the hospital at that 
place till she passed away at the time above stated.  When the end 
seemed near the family were notified and Mr. Edwards and son Chester, 
of Hollidaysburg, left at once for Cleveland, but arrived after she had 
passed away.  Her daughter, Mrs. Elvin Ferry, followed them on a later 
train, arriving in Cleveland just as they were preparing to return to 
this place with the body.  They arrived here on Friday evening on the 
late train.
  Mrs. Edwards was born May 8, 1862, in Huntingdon county, the daughter 
of Benjamin F. and Mary Ellen Shultz, and was married to W. H. Edwards 
July 22, 1886.  To this union were born five children, three of whom 
survive, as follows:  Chester H., clerk to the County Commissioner at 
Hollidaysburg; Lloyd, of Altoona, and Izetta, wife of Elvin Ferry, of 
this place.  Two sons, William Orville and John Mahlon, died many years 
ago.  She is also survived by a number of grandchildren and these 
brothers and sisters:  J. A. Shultz and Mrs. W. H. Law, of Roaring 
Spring; Mrs. Edmond Treese, of Hollidaysburg; Mrs. C. W. Burket, of 
South Martinsburg, and A. C. Shultz, of Yellow Springs.  Deceased has 
been a resident of this place since 1890, having movd (sic) here from 
Clover Creek.  She was a member of the Church of God, where funeral 
services were conducted Sunday morning by her pastor, Rev. W. H. 
Snyder.  Interment was made in Fairview cemetery.

Martinsburg Herald, Hand-written date of November 25, 1921