OBIT: Susan NEWCOMER, 1917, Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Abby Bowman Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/lancaster/ _______________________________________________ Sudden Death of Mrs. Susan Newcomer While walking with her son at Lancaster Mrs. Susan Newcomer was stricken with apoplexy about 6 o'clock on Saturday evening and succumbed in a short time. Mrs. Newcomer was born at Elizabethtown and was a daughter of Elizabeth and the late Jacob Carper. Until a few weeks ago she had resided at Centerville, West Hempfield township, for many years, where he husband, Jacob R. Newcomer, died about two years ago. Three sons survive, as does the mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Carper, of this borough, and the following brothers and sister: John and Haydn, of Lititz; Jacob, of Manheim; Milton, of Wilmington, Del., and Elizabeth, of Philadelphia. The funeral was held on Wednesday with interment at Centerville. Lititz Record, Thursday, January 3, 1918