OBIT: Mrs. Sarah Jane COMMONS, 1914, Romania, Somerset County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Meyersdale Library. Transcribed and proofread by: Keith Petenbrink. Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _________________________________________ Commons, Sarah Jane "Mrs. Sarah Jane Commons" Wife of John Commons of Romania, near town, died after but a three days' illness in the Cumberland Hospital on Monday from intestinal trouble. Mrs. Commons had been in good health up to Saturday evening at which time she was seized with a severe pain. A physician was summoned and all was done for her that seemed possible. On Sunday she was taken to the hospital and an operation was performed but to no purpose. Mrs. Commons suffered intensely. She was a devoted Christian woman a member of the Methodist Church. Besides her husband six sons and two daughters survive, namely, Harry, Charles, Ray, Ralph, Roy, Barron, and Misses Maud and Ruth. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock, the services being conducted by her pastor, Rev. J. C. Matteson. Meyersdale Commercial, Nov. 12, 1914