OBIT: Bernard SWEENEY, 1917, Columbia, Lancaster County, PA

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BERNARD SWEENEY

Bernard Sweeney, a well known colored man, died last night at ----- o’clock at 
his home, No. 229(?) South Fifth street, Columbia, from a complication of 
diseases, after a year’s illness.  He was in his 47th year and is survived by 
his widow, Florence, one daughter, Mrs. Marguerite Hill, of Pittsburgh, and two 
sons, Blanton and Leon, at home.  He was a member of Olive Branch Lodge, G. U. 
O. O. F. and Mt. Zion A. M. E. church.

The funeral will be held on Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock from Mt. Zion A. M. 
E. church, with interment in Mt. Bethel cemetery.

Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, February 12, 1917