OBIT: Ella ANDERSON, 1895, Myerstown, Lebanon County, PA

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WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN BED
Heart Trouble Believed to Have Been the Cause.

ELLA ANDERSON, OF MYERSTOWN

Went to Her Bed Wednesday Evening in Her Usual Health When She Failed to 
Appear This Morning An Investigation Showed That She Was Dead.

  The Citizens of Myerstown were startled to hear this morning that Mrs. 
Ella Anderson, widow of the late James Anderson, a former prominent hotel 
proprietor at Myerstown, was found dead in her bed in the home of Henry 
Schell, on West Main street, for whom she had been housekeeper for the past 
year.
  Mrs. Anderson for sometime had been in failing health and consulted her 
physician as to the ailment:  yet she attended to her household duties up to 
the time of her death.
  It was the custom of the deceased to arise at about 5 o'clock in the 
morning, and when the family arose this morning and did not find her at her 
accustomed duties in the kitchen, Mr. Schell and Morris Tobias, an employee, 
hastened to her room and there found her dead in bed.
  Mr. Schell at once notified the relatives and J. D. Foesig, justice of the 
peace who notified Coroner Peters to hold an inquest.  When the 10.30 
electric car arrived from Lebanon, Alderman E. H. Faust, who had been 
deputized by Coroner Peters arrived  and selected the following jury:  Judge 
Joseph Coover, foreman; Aaron J. Peiffer, D. S. Stetler, Geo. Walrich, F. I. 
Tice and Richard A. Miller.  The evidence was as follows:
  Morris Tobias, sworn - Myself and Henry Schell went to room of Mrs. 
Anderson at about 7 o'clock, a.m., and found her lying on her side as if 
sleeping; had her hands folded across breast and covered up to chin; took 
cover off and touched her hand and found that she was dead, but body not yet 
rigid, as if life was not extinct; am at home in the house, journeyman 
tinner for about seven years.
  Henry Schell, sworn - I got up about 6:30 this morning and saw the 
shutters were still closed; I opened the shutters, saw the stove the same as 
it was when I retired last night; went to Mrs. Anderson's room and called 
her, but received no answer; went to shop, told Mr. Tobias to go along to 
her room; thought the woman might be dead; went to her room found her lying 
in bed, on her right side as if sleeping; she was covered, had her hand on 
her breast; had conversation with Dr. Henry Bower last Monday concerning her 
condition and he said that she might drop away any moment; Dr. Bower was her 
physician, told me not to tell her as it might worry her; there was no 
struggle and she was lying there as if sleeping.
  Dr. Henry Bower, sworn - Am a practicing physician since 1862; attended 
Mrs. Anderson 6 or 8 weeks for heart trouble; formation of a clot of blood 
on her heart; told Shell that Mrs. Anderson would die very suddenly 
sometime.
  There being no other witnesses the jury agreed upon the following verdict:
  "That Mrs. Anderson came to her death by natural causes, superinduced by 
heart trouble."  
  The deceased was aged about 46 years and was highly respected, a devoted 
member of Frieden's Ev. Lutheran church.  She leaves two children, Robert, 
engaged in the drug business at Philadelphia and Sallie Knable, who resides 
at Myerstown.

Lebanon Daily News, February 7, 1895