OBIT: Jeremiah Bortner, 1913, York County, PA

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Jeremiah Bortner

Jere Bortner, aged 92 years, 4 months and 26 days, the oldest resident of that 
section, died Wednesday, May 14th, at 10 p.m., at the home of his daughter, Mrs. 
Edward Bortner, at Green Ridge, Codorus township.  He had been sick from 
ailments, peculiar to old age, since last December, being confined to bed nearly 
all of that time.  He was a native of Glenville.  Surviving him are three 
daughters, Mrs. Devinney, Mrs. Bortner, with whom he lived, and a daughter in 
the West; two sons, Martin, Glenville; Edward, Blooming Grove.  Also by two 
sisters, Mrs. Peter Smith, Codorus township, and Mrs. Adam Smith, York.

Funeral, Saturday, at 1 p.m.  Services and interment at the Stone church (St. 
Jacob’s), Rev. W. H. Ehrhart officiating.

The Hanover Herald – Saturday, May 24, 1913