OBIT: Hanna Caroline Wilhelmina (Writtig) MOSHOLDER, 1913, Meyersdale, 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/ _________________________________________ Mosholder, Hanna Caroline Wilhelmina Writtig DEATH HAS A LARGE HARVEST - Mrs. Mosholder and Mrs. Gress, Two of Meyersdale's Highly Respected and Aged Ladies, Passes Away - Mr. Johnson Meets Tragic Death - Mrs. Engle Yields to a Complication of Diseases. On August 9th, Joseph Mosholder and his wife, two aged and highly respected people of Meyersdale, left for Akron, and other places in Ohio to visit relatives and friends, and to attend the Mosholder family reunion in that state. Last Friday night a telegram was received by friends, of the illness of Mrs. Mosholder. In those few words the community was led to believe that the condition was serious. Her sons left at once to be at the bedside of their mother. After they had left for Akron, another message was received apprising the community that Mrs. Mosholder had passed away. The remains were prepared and shipped, leaving Akron on Saturday evening at 5:00 o'clock, and while the remains were in transit to Meyersdale, the sons were hastening westward to her bedside, and somewhere along the line the trains passed, one going east with the remains and the other going west with the sons. The remains reached Meyersdale at noon on Sunday and the sons made their return Sunday evening. Hanna Caroline Wilhelmina Writtig Mosholder was born in Germany, February 4, 1848, and died on Saturday, August 23rd, aged 65 years, 6 months and 19 days. She came to America when she was a child four years of age. She was married to Joseph Mosholder on August 30, 1856, almost forty- seven years ago. To this union were born five children, three sons and two daughters. One son Charles died in childhood. She is survived by her husband and the following children: Emma Elizabeth married to George Bopp of Allegheny; Herbert F. of Rockwood, Florence E. married to Alexander Baer of Akron, Ohio, and Maurice A. of Meyersdale, and two sisters Zura Writtig and Mrs. Daniel Alt of Berlin. Mrs. Mosholder had strong religious convictions, and was most zealous in the cause of temperance, having been an earnest and active member of the W. C. T. U. of Meyersdale. As a neighbor she was highly respected and showed a deep interest in the misfortunes and sufferings of others. When she left home she was concerned about the health of her husband, but he in the providence of God was permitted to return home while she was summoned to the great beyond. She was a faithful and consistent member of the Amity Reformed Church. The funeral service was conducted at the Mosholder home on Beachley Street, by her pastor, Rev. A. E. Truxal, D. D. The trip was made overland to Berlin, where interment was made. Meyersdale Commercial, Aug. 28, 1913