Obituary: Lucinda Means

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LUCINDA  MEANS

Connellsville Weekly Courier  Thursday  September 28, 1911.

Mrs. Lucinda Frances Means, wife of Rev, James H, Means, for 
forty years pastor of the Church of God in Bullskin township, 
died Thursday afternoon  at her late home near Moyer. Rev, Means 
is also in feeble health. On the 11th of last May Mrs. Means suffered 
a stroke and when falling sustained a fracture of the right hip. 
The fracture never knitted properly and the accident hassened her 
death. She was a patient in the Cottage State Hospital for ten weeks. 
She had been confined to her bed for two weeks before her death.
   Mrs. Means was 75 years old and was a daughter of the late 
John Morris of Richhill, Bullskin township. She was born in Redstone 
township, June 3, 1836.  In 1863 she was married to Rev. 
James H. Means and practically all her married life was spent in 
Bullskin  township. At the age of 13 years she united with the 
Church of God and up until her late illness she always took an 
active part in the work of the church. In addition to her husband 
she is survived be the following step children; W.C. Means, 
Poplar Grove; Mary Means, of Rich Hill; Mrs. Eliza Dunham, 
Connellsville; Mrs. Margaret McLaughlin of West Newton; Mrs. Catherene 
Crossland of Moyer and Miss Susan Means of Pennsville. One sister, 
Mrs. Euphenia Boyd of Coolspring, and a brother, David Morris, of 
near Uniontown, also survive.