OBIT: Maria (KLEIN) FARABAUGH, 1878, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Transcribed by Judy Banja

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AN OVARIAN TUMOR REMOVED BY DR. ATLEE.

  Mrs. Farabaugh, the wife of Rudolph Farabaugh, butcher, living on 
Eighth avenue, was relived of a large multilocular ovarian tumor, 
weighing thirty-five pounds, yesterday morning.  Dr. Washington L. 
Atlee, of Philadelphia, accompanied by his son, arrived in this city at 
five minutes to five o'clock yesterday morning, and at ten o'clock in 
the forenoon the two physicians - accompanied by Drs. Ross, Fay, W. M. 
Findley, Brehmen and Gamble, of this city; Clark, of Bell's Mills, and 
Thompson, of Spruce Creek - proceeded to the residence of Mrs. 
Farabaugh, and succeeded in removing the tumor.  This is the three 
hundred and sixty-fifth operation of this kind that Dr. Atlee has 
performed.  One of the sacs of the tumor weighed nine pounds, and about 
three galls of fluid were extracted from it.  Mrs. Farabaugh was much 
emaciated.  She was resting comfortably after the critical operation 
last evening.  Dr. Atlee and son went to Philadelphia on the Day 
Express yesterday.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Thursday, February 21, 1878, page 4

MRS. FARABAUGH'S SITUATION.

  The removal of the ovarian tumor from Mrs. Rudolph Farabaugh on 
Wednesday by Dr. Washington L. Atlee, of Philadelphia, was the three 
hundred and seventy-sixth operation of the kind performed by that 
eminent practitioner, not the three hundred and sixty-fifth, as stated 
in the TRIBUNE yesterday.  Mrs. Farabaugh rested pretty well during the 
night succeeding the operation, but she was not feeling quite so well 
yesterday.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Friday, February 22, 1878, page 3

DEATH OF MRS. FARABAUGH.

  Mrs. Rudolph Farabaugh, the lady from whom the immense ovarian tumor 
was removed on Wednesday morning, died at half-past one o'clock 
yesterday afternoon.  While this result was expected by the physicians, 
it was not deemed advisable to make it public while the lady lived.  
Mrs. Farabaugh, however, was conscious of her situation, and recognized 
the fact that death was certain in a short time if the tumor were not 
removed, while she knew there was only a bare possibility of recovery 
if it were taken from her.  She was very calm yesterday morning, and 
met her death later in the day in the same manner.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, February 23, 1878, page 4

FUNERAL OF MRS. FARABAUGH.

  The funeral of Mrs. Rudolph Farabaugh, who died on Friday afternoon, 
took place from the German Catholic Church about two o'clock yesterday 
afternoon.  The remains were interred in the Catholic cemetery.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Monday, February 25, 1878, page 4

NOTE: Blair County Genealogical Society, St. John's Altoona, page 32: 
Maria Klein FARABAUGH, wife of Ruldolph [sic], Section D, Lot 138.  
Blair County Genealogical Society, St. Mary's Church, Deaths and 
Marriages, page 24: FEHRENBACH, Rudolph to KLEIN, Maria, m. 11/18/1873.