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Died.Mrs. Phillipi Betz, relict of the late Jacob Betz, of this place, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Conrad Ort, early Tuesday morning- from paralysis.Mrs. Betz comes from a famity remarkable in longevity, being survived by three brothers and two sisters whose ages range about three score years and ten, one sister having died on the 9th of June last at an advanced age.The deceased was born at Alsace Lothringen, France, a “tres-heure” distance from the Germany line,coming to Baltimore, Md., at the age of nine and with her father and brothers and sisters lived in Maryland and Virginia until 1845 when she was married to Jacob Betz and moved to Frostburg, where she lived to reach the age of 74 years in February last. Six children survive : Mrs. George Ort, of Pittsburg, Pa., Mrs. Conrad Ort, Mrs. J. B. Williams, Charles, Daniel and pdward, the three sons being among our most prominent merchants and citizens. The funeral will be this afternoon at three o’clock from the house.Until a few years ago Mrs. Betz was a remarkably healthy woman, one of the oldest residents of the town and much esteemed by all who knew her. She was a sister of Mr. Charles Heintz, of this place.
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The Frostburg Gleaner
Frostburg, Maryland, US
Thu, Aug 01, 1901
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