OBIT:  LEIB/LIEB, Philomena; 1908; Ebensburg, Cambria Cnty., PA

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Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, 17 Jul 1908
Volume 42, Number 28


Death of Mrs. Casper Leib
Wife of Ebensburg Business Man Passes Away

Mrs. Philomena, wife of Casper Leib, of the firm of Luther, Leib and Estep, died at her 
home on Lloyd street, Ebensburg, yesterday morning at 1 o'clock.

The deceased lady, who was a daughter of the late Jacob and Mary Sharbaugh, was 
born in Carrolltown fifty-six years ago. In 1871 she and Casper Leib were married in St. 
Benedict's church, Carrolltown and for many years lived in Nicktown, moving to 
Ebensburg about three years ago.

Of this union the following children survive – two having died when young – Mrs. 
Lawrence Luther; Frank, Harry, Conrad, Herman, Emma, Cecelia and Viola, all of 
Ebensburg; Edward of Morrellville and Alton of Sunbury.  She also leaves six 
grandchildren – Anthony, Clare and Mary Luther and Gervaise, Carmilla and Paul Leib.

Besides her husband, the following brothers and sisters survive the deceased: J. W. and 
A. C. Sharbaugh and Mrs. Valentine Thomas and Mrs. William Severn of Carrolltown and 
Mrs. John McDermitt of Johnstown.

Mrs. Leib was a devoted wife, a loving mother, a good friend and neighbor and an 
exemplary member of the Catholic church.

The funeral will take place tomorrow morning after a Solemn High Mass of Requiem in 
the Catholic church in this place by Rev. Father Dennis Severn, nephew of the deceased, 
assisted by Fathers O'Neill and O'Hara, interment to follow in the Catholic cemetery at 
Nicktown.



Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, 24 Jul 1908
Volume 42, Number 29


The Funeral of Mrs. Casper Lieb
After a Solemn High Mass of Requiem Remains are Interred at Nicktown

The funeral of Mrs. Casper Lieb, who died at her home in this place on Thursday 
morning of last week as announced in THE FREEMAN the following day, took place after 
a solemn high mass of requiem in the church of the Holy Name in this place on Saturday 
morning last, celebrated by Rev. Father Denis Severn, a nephew of the deceased, with 
Rev. Fathers O'Neill and O'Hara acting as deacon and sub-deacon, and an eloquent and 
pathetic sermon which paid a high tribute to the virtues of the deceased lady, after 
which the funeral cortege proceeded overland to Nicktown where interment was made 
in the cemetery of the  church of St. Nicholas at that place.