OBIT: Emma (Sellers) BOAL, 1931, Confluence, Somerset County, PA

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EMMA BOAL

  Mrs. William J. Boal, aged 58 years, 6 months and 25 days, died suddenly on 
Thursday morning, March 5, at the Sellers homestead near Confluence.  Her health 
had been impaired for a long time, but she was able to attend to her domestic 
duties part of the time.  Last Thursday morning she went to the barn to milk the 
cows, and on account of the long time she remained in the barn, those in the 
house became uneasy and on going to the stable they found Mrs. Boal lying dead 
on the barn floor.
  Mrs. Boal was born in Ursina on August 10, 1872.  She was the daughter of 
Augustus and Sarah Lenhart Sellers.  She married William J. Boal on February 19, 
1918.  Besides her husband she is survived by two brothers, William Upton 
Sellers, a conductor on the B. & O. Railroad, residing in Connellsville, and H. 
L. Sellers, of Confluence.  Her parents died a number of years ago.  Her father, 
a veteran of the Civil War, was the first to pass away.  Soon after her father's 
death her mother met with a severe accident by falling and breaking a hip, and 
was helpless for about six years.  During those years of suffering and 
helplessness, Mrs. Boal devoted her whole care to her mother.
  Mrs. Boal spent most of her life in Ursina, with the exception of two years 
that she and her husband spent in Uniontown, where the latter was employed.  
Mrs. Boal before her marriage successfully conducted a grocery store in the west 
part of the Borough of Ursina, until the building was burned, after which she 
retired from business.
  She was far above the average in intelligence and was of a kind and 
sympathetic nature, and was ever ready to relieve any one in sickness or 
distress.  During her long life she made every effort to relieve the sufferings 
of every one in her neighborhood, and often walked a mile or more to visit and 
aid those in sickness or distress.  During the years she was conducting the 
store, she never left any person or family suffer for the want of the 
necessities of life.  It made no difference whether she was to receive pay or 
not, if Jennie Sellers, as she was fondly called, knew of any persons in want, 
she always came forward to furnish relief.
  Funeral services were held at her late home at 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 8th, 
Rev. Howard W. Jamison officiating.  The funeral was largely attended by 
neighbors and more distant friends.  Her body was interred in the Ursina 
Cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, March 12, 1931