OBIT: Clara Helen GATES, 1890, Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA

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DEATH OF MISS CLARA GATES.
The Daughter of the Well-Known Teacher R. S. Gates, Expires Suddenly.

  Miss Clara, only daughter of Richard S. Gates, the well-known school 
teacher, residing at No. 541 West Chestnut street, died Thursday night 
at 10:30 from hemorrhages of the stomach.  Her death was sudden and 
startled the community in which she lives.  Up to Thursday morning she 
was gradually improving and was considered out of danger by her 
physician, but about four o'clock she was attacked with a severe 
hemorrhage and a fainting sensation, which resulted in her death.  She 
became unconscious after her last attack, and gradually sank lower and 
lower until death relieved her of her sufferings.  Miss Gates was ill 
about two weeks and first felt indisposed while on a visit to friends 
in Manheim.  She came home on January 3, and the next morning at four 
o'clock she was prostrated by the first hemorrhage, and has not left 
her bed since.
  She was a consistent member of St. Paul's Reformed church, and took 
communion at the last sacrament.  She was a loving and devoted daughter 
and leaves a host of friends who deeply mourn her sudden demise.  
  Miss Gates was a pupil at the Girls' High School, but did not 
graduate, as the class of which she was a member was not allowed to 
graduate by the School Board.
  The funeral will be held on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, from her 
parents' residence.

The Lancaster Daily Examiner, Friday, January, 17, 1890

DIED.

  GATES.  January 16, 1890, in this city, Clara Helen Gates, daughter 
of R. S. and Sarah H. Gates.
    "Blessed are they who die in the Lord."
  The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to 
attend the funeral from the parents' residence, No. 541 West Chestnut 
street, on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock.  Interment private.

The Lancaster Daily Examiner, Friday, January, 17, 1890

The Funeral of Miss Gates.

  The funeral of Miss Clara Helen Gates took place from the residence 
of her parents, No. 541 West Chestnut street, this afternoon, at two 
o'clock.  The interment was made in the Lancaster cemetery.
  The service at the house was conducted in a very impressive manager 
by Rev. J. W. Meminger.  A quartette composed of Miss Kate Shirk, Mrs. 
Dr. C. E. Netscher, and Messrs. Harry C. Gast and T. K. Cromer sang 
several touching selections.  
  The floral tributes were many and beautiful, prominent among which 
was a beautiful cluster of lilies and roses contributed by the Junior 
Missionary Society of the Reformed church, of which she was a member.
  The pall bearers, all of whom are students of the Franklin and 
Marshall College, were Irwin Hendricks, H. E. Snyder, E. L. McLean, J. 
P. Harner, W. C. Sykes and Charles Smith.

The Lancaster Daily Examiner, Monday, January 20, 1890