OBIT: Elizabeth Howard SPRENKLE, November 25, 1925, Craleyville, York County, PA

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Publication unknown; 1925 handwritten on clipping

Stricken in Craley
    Cigar Factory

Mrs. Francis Sprenkle Dies
  Shortly Afterward In
     Her Home, Nearby

Coroner Views Body

    Craleyville, Nov. 25 - Mrs. Elizabeth A. Sprenkle, wife of Francis, died at 
her home today at 12:30 p.m. from a heart affection.  She was working in the 
local tobacco factory of the T.E. Brooks firm, Red Lion, when she was 
stricken.  Chester Kopp, foreman of the factory, who was standing near her when 
she fainted,held her up until Rev. E.J. Bayne and Emanuel Berkheiser, an 
employee, carried her to her home, where she died shortly after arriving.
    Dr. W. J. Shenberger, Windsor, was called but she was dead when he 
arrived.  Her husband, Francis Sprenkle, a painter, who was working in Red Lion 
at the time, arrived after death occurred.
    The funeral will be held Saturday morning, at 10 o'clock at her late home.  
Further services will be held at Shenberger's chapel with Rev. E. J. Bayne 
officiating.  She will be buried in the adjoining cemetery.
    Her survivors are as follows:  Husband; two sons, Harry, of Conrads, and 
Howard, Red Lion; one daughter, Mrs. Joseph Herman, Hanover; two brothers, John 
H. Howard, Hallam, and Clayton Howard, Harrisburg; two sisters, Mrs. Albert 
Gilbert, Bowers Beach, N.J., and Mrs. Samuel Herman, Red Lion.  She was aged 63
years and 10 months.
    Dr. L. U. Zech, county coroner, was notified of the sudden death by Dr. 
Shenberger, and he came here and viewed the body.


Additional Comments:
Elizabeth Howard Sprenkle was the daughter of Zachariah & Catharine Howard.

Daughter:
Mrs. Joseph Herman = Flora Sprenkle

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