OBITUARIES: Rebecca (Witherow) Colbert

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Rebecca (Witherow) Colbert

Johnstown Tribune
undated clipping

Mrs. Rebecca Colbert

	Rebecca, relict of Robert Colbert, died at her home in West 
Taylor Township, at 12:20 o'clock this morning, in her eighty-
fourth year.

	Mrs. Colbert was born in Hagerstown, Md., December 16, 1810, 
and was united in marriage in 1828 to Mr. Colbert, who died 
April 8, 1887.

	She was the mother of thirteen children, five of whom are 
dead. The living are: Mary Jane, wife of John Herdman, of the 
Thirteenth Ward; John E., of the Sixth Ward; Matilda, who lives 
at home; William M., of Coopersdale; Katie, wife of Samuel Burn 
[Burns-ed.], of Roaring Spring, Blair County; Helen, wife of 
William Wonderly, of the Seventh Ward; Ellen, wife of John Vahn, 
of Coopersdale; and Otho, who lives at home. She is also survived 
by thirty-one grandchildren, fifty-five great-grandchildren, and 
two great-great-grandchildren.

	The funeral will take place at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. 
Rev. Latshaw McGuire, of the Coopersdale Methodist Episcopal 
Church, of whom the deceased had been a member for many years, 
will conduct the obsequies, after which interment will be made 
in Benshoff's Cemetery.