Newspapers: Indiana Evening Gazette (October 9, 1909), Indiana Co., PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Abby Bowman, mailto:abbybowman@comcast.net . USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing of this file by non-commercial libraries and individuals is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to state and county tables of contents. Indiana Evening Gazette October 9, 1909 MISS WHERRY'S MOTHER IS DEAD She Was at a Son's Residence in Vandergrift When Summons Came. MOURNED BY A LARGE FAMILY Mrs. Sarah Walker Wherry, wife of John N. Wherry, of South Bend, died at the home of her son, Byron Wherry, in Vandergrift, on Friday evening, Oct. 8, at 4 o'clock, after a lingering illness. She was 67 years old. The deceased is survived by her husband and these children: Ellwood, of Coraopolis; Clara, of Indiana; Byron, of Vandergrift; Roy, of Leechburg; Bessie, Oscar and Helen, all at home. Two sisters, Mrs. John O'Neal and Mrs. Harrison McCreight, and two brothers, John and Robert Walker, of Apollo, also survive. The remains will be taken to her home in South Bend this evening, where the funeral services will be held on Monday afternoon. April 25, 1911 Mr. and Mrs. John O'Niel are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary at their home on Water street today. Fifty years ago they were married at Shelocta, where Mr. O'Niel was engaged in the lumber business at that time. They have always made their home in Indiana county, coming to Indiana from Saltsburg in 1902. Mr. O'Niel is in his 75th year and Mrs. O'Niel in her 72d. They both enjoy excellent health and while receiving their friends today declared they felt just as young as they did 50 years ago. Mr. O'Niel's brother, Edward O'Niel, of Diamondville, and his sister, Mrs. Eliza Fleming, of town, and Mrs. O'Niels brother, Robert Walker, of Brackenridge, and her brother-in-law, John Wherry, of South Bend, are the guests of honor. A sumptuous family dinner was partaken of at noon, Rev. J. Day Brownlee making a very eloquent address. The children of Mr. and Mrs. O'Niel: Ambrose, of Wilmington, N.C.; Edward and family, of Chambersville; Margaret, of Pittsburg; J. W. of Martins Ferry, O., and Belle, of town were all here for the celebration. The other out of town guests attending were: Mr. and Mrs. Ed. O'Niel, of Diamondville; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walker and their daughter, Ada, of Brackenridge; John Wherry and his daughter, Clara, of South Bend, Mr. and Mrs. John Keely and their children, of Saltsburg. Mrs. Eliza Fleming, Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Stephens, Mrs. A. T. Moorhaed, Mrs. S. F. Warner, Miss Kate McLaughlin and Rev. J. Day Brownlee, of Indiana, were also guests. June 14, 1922 J. E. Wherry is spending the summer with his grandfather, John Wherry.