News: Myerstown Death List, 1905, Myerstown, Lebanon County, PA

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DEATH RECORD.

Persons of this Place and Vicinity who have
Passed this Life During the year 1905.

RECORD OF PAST TEN YEARS.

We are indebted to merchant J. H. Muth, of South Railroad street for the 
following interesting death record.  The record gives the dates of persons of 
town and the immediate vicinity who passed this life during the year 1905 and 
also whether buried in or near this place.  Another report is also given of the 
number of deaths which occurred in and near Myerstown during the past 10 years.

Jan. 3  – Mrs. Claude Heilman, town
Jan. 17 – Jacob Klopp, north of town
Jan. 24 – Mrs. Aaron Blecker, town
Jan. 29 – Mrs. Jonathan Layser, near town
Jan. 30 – Mrs. George Staeger, town
Jan. 30 – Child of Jonathan Layser, near town
Feb. 8  - Mrs. Jacob Emerich, near town
Feb. 22 – Percival Woomer, town
Feb. 23 – Mrs. Henry Donough, town
Mar. 3  - Henry Peiffer, town
Mar. 16 – Child of Geo. Spangler, town
Mar. 22 – Isaac Snyder, town
Mar. 28 – Elsie Tice, town
Mar. 28 – Child of Landis Haak, town
Mar. 30 – Ella Royer, near town
Apr. 4  - Mrs. Maria Leibig, near town
Apr. 10 – Mrs. Robert Immel, town
Apr. 24 – Mrs. Henry Spanger, town
May  23 –  "  John Immel, town
May  23 – Child of Paul Schaeffer, town
June  1 – Mrs. Michael Beckey, near town
June 17 – Mrs. Benjamin Artz, town
July  5 – Mrs. Kate Fauber, near town
July  6 – Mrs. Mary Leitner, town
July 17 – Jon. Millichsack, town
July 22 – Child of Monroe Bucher, town
Sept  8 – Mrs. William Mertz, town
Sept 15 – Capt. Jno. Batdorff, Millbach
Sept 16 – Mrs. Jno. Groh, town
Sept 20 – Aaron Mosser, town
Sept 24 – Mrs. Jno. Phillippy, town
Sept 28 – Mrs. Jacob Hoffer, near town
Oct.  7 – Mrs. Adam Loose, town
Oct. 21 – Curtis Harper, town
Nov.  3 – Mrs. Jno. Bollinger, town
Nov. 13 – Milton Myers, town
Nov. 14 – Catharine Blecker, town
Nov. 19 – Child of Edward Scholl, town
Dec.  3 – Jerome Kintzel, near town
Dec.  3 – Aaron Seibert, town
Dec.  3 – Annie Millichsack, town
Dec.  7 – Henry C. Gockley, town
Dec. 16 – Mrs. Morris Wagner, town
Dec. 30 – Son of Thos. Hicks, town
Dec. 31 – Samuel Woomer, town

August is the only month during the year in which no death occurred.

During the past ten years 557 deaths occurred.  The number by years is as 
follows:  in 1895, 56; 1896, 64; 1897, 61; 1898, 41; 1899, 54; 1900, 39; 1901, 
49; 1902, 55; 1903, 42; 1904, 51; 1905, 45.  The largest number of deaths in one 
year was 61 in 1897 and the smallest number was 39, in 1900.


Myerstown Enterprise, January 5, 1906