OBIT: Susan (YOST) WILLIAMS, 1903, Ebensburg, Cambria County, PA

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Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, February 27, 1903

Mrs. Susan Williams, relict of the late Thomas J. Williams, of 
Ebensburg, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. James G. Hasson, wife 
of the editor of this paper on Sunday morning, February 22, 1903 at 
10:40 o'clock, aged 77 years.

The deceased was born in Carroll township, this county, and was a 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Yost, early settlers of that locality.  
She was a lifelong member of the Catholic church having been baptized 
by the saintly Dr. [yes, it says Dr.???]  Gallitzin at a neighbor's 
house in his travels over his then sparsely settled parish, and in her 
youth frequently attended mass on Sundays at Loretto, traveling thither 
on foot or on horseback.  She was married in 1850 to Thomas J. 
Williams, and immediately thereafter they took up their residence in 
Ebensburg where they resided until death, he dying July 9th, 1892.  She 
was the mother of eight children, five of whom are dead; the surviving 
children being Clemenza, wife of James G. Hasson, mentioned above; 
Robert J., of Denver, Colorado, and Herman of Vandergrift, Pa.  She is 
also survived by one brother, Augustin Yost of Carroll township.

She had been blessed with a robust constitution and until the latter 
years enjoyed excellent health, taking great pleasure in working her 
little garden which in summer time was adorned with vegetables and 
flowers. Since the death of her husband she made her home in winter 
with her daughter, and lately had been troubled with bronchitis which 
brought on heart failure on Saturday and which resulted in her death 
the following day.

Her funeral took place on Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock when, after a 
High Mass of Requiem, in the Church of the Holy Name, her remains were 
laid to rest in the cemetery adjoining.