Indiana County PA Archives Obituaries.....Hoffman Ortner, Barbara March 21, 1908
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The Indiana Progress   28 Mar 1908
MRS. BARBARA ORTNER
Mrs. Barbara Ortner died under rather peculiar circumstances at her home near 
Ouberg, Rayne Township, on Saturday morning at 7:30 o'clock. On the previous 
evening at 4:30 o'clock while returning home from school, a neighbor's daughter 
called at the Ortner home and found Mrs. Ortner lying on the floor unconscious. 
A physician was called but the woman died the folllowing morning without 
rallying. The deceased had lived alone and was in her usual health on Thursday, 
but it is supposed that some time early on Friday, she was stricken suddenly ill 
with ureamic poisoning which was followed by convulsions. Bruises on her face 
and head likely caused by the fall, and the fact that she was unconscious when 
found gave rise to suspicions of foul play, and a report reached town that she 
had been murdered and then robbed, but an investigation proved that nothing in 
the house had been disturbed, consequently there is nothing substantial to 
strengthen the theory of murder. At the request of the fa
mily County Coroner W.D. Gates held an inquest on Monday evening, but the
finding of 
the jury was that the woman came to her death by natural causes, followed by an 
attack of convulsions.
The deceased was aged 68 years and was the widow of the late John A. Ortner who 
died then years ago. She is survived by the following children: Mrs. William 
Graff and Mrs. William Cost of town; Mrs. Barbara Suebart and Annie Ortner of 
Latrobe; Mrs. William Betts, Mrs. Mary Clark and Mrs. Henry Kuklmcy, all of 
California; William and Elizabeth of Rayne township and Frank Ortner of 
Avonmore. She is also survived by these brothers: John Joffman, of town; 
Nicholas Hoffman, of White township, and George Hoffman of Heilwood.
THE INDIANA PROGRESS  25 MARCH 1908

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