OBIT: Salina MATTHEWS, 1915, Jenner, Somerset County, PA

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Matthews, Salina

JENNER WOMAN SUDDENLY DIES IN AUTOMOBILE, Mrs. Salina Matthews, 85 years old, 
became very ill Tuesday morning while waiting in the B. & O. station at 
Stoyestown, and while being taken to her home in an automobile, expired. Mrs. 
Matthews seemed to be in good health when she left her home in Jenners that 
morning to visit relatives in Virginia. She was accompanied by her daughter, 
Mrs. H. H. Ling. Soon after arriving at the depot, Mrs. Matthews took sick and 
lay down on a bench there. H. H. Ling was called who came with an automobile. 
She was then in a helpless condition and being unable to talk. Heart disease was 
the cause of her death. Her husband, William Matthews, died about two years ago.

Meyersdale Commercial, May 13, 1915