Death Notices of Bessie VAN LEAR (1918); Chester County, Pennsylvania Contributed to the USGenWeb Archives by Dan Lindley . Copyright. All Rights Reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ********************************************************* Daily Local News, March 16, 1918 VAN LEAR-In Downingtown, PA., on Saturday, arch 16, 1918, Bessie, wife of Hibberd Van Lear, and daughter of the late Jeremiah and Elizabeth Jacobs, aged 38. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral at Mt. Raymond A.M.E. Church at 2 pm on Monday 18th inst. Interment at Lindley Hill.