MRS. SARAH J. DESHONG,our sister in Christ, departed this earthly life at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Cora L. Sipes, of McConnellsburg, Pa., September 10th, 1934. She had been in failing health for many months, but had not been really ill except since the Friday before she passed away. Her father and mother were Marcus Starr and sister Mary Mellott, both long since deceased. She was born at Sipes Mill, Fulton County, Pennsylvania. Her husband was our late brother Simon Deshong, who died in 1924. She was baptized by the late Elder E. B. White about forty-six years ago into the membership of the Sideling Hill Old School Baptist Church.
She was a woman of love and peace among her brethren and among her neighbors and friends. The words in Psalms twenty-six, verse eight, fitted her, because she surely loved her meetings and never missed if she could help it. Since her husbands's death she has been spending her summers with her married children in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, and her winters with her children in Wilmington, Delaware. When at the latter, she faithfully attended the meetings at Welsh Tract whenever she could possibly do so. She is survived by eight children. Besides Mrs. Sipes, at whose home she died, they are: Mrs. Lettie B. Deshong, of Needmore, Pa., Mrs. Viola D. Garland, of Tuxedo Park, Del., Joseph W. Deshong, of Wilmington, Del., Oscar Deshong, of Townsend, Del., Mrs. Jeannette L. Hurd, of Chestertown, Md., and Clarence I. and Norman S., both of Wilmington, Del. All of these children were around her bed when she passed away, notwithstanding they were living several miles from her and had but short notice of her approaching end. They have ever showed much care and consideration for the welfare of their mother and did what they could for her comfort and wellbeing. She is also survived by twenty-seven grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren. She has three brothers living: brother Barton Starr, of Mercersburg, Pa., brother Thomas Starr, of Chestertown, Md., and Mr. Joseph C. Starr, of Herndon, Va. May the Comforter abide with all who truly mourn. The funeral services were held in the meetinghouse at Sideling Hill, conducted by myself, her pastor. Her body was laid to rest in the cemetery there by the side of her husband.
H.H.L∼Mrs. Sarah J. Deshong, widow of Simon Deshong, died at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Sheriff and Mrs. Roy M. Sipes, in McConnellsburg, on Monday, September 10th at 2:15 A.M. Death results from a complication of diseases, she having been critically ill for three days.
Mrs. Deshong was a daughter of Marcus and Mary Starr, and was born at Sipes Mill, PA., June 26, 1860, hence was aged 74 years, 2 months and 14 days.
She is survived by four daughters and four sons, Cora L., wife of Roy M. Sipes, McConnellsburg; Jeannette L., wide of J. J. Hurd, Chestertown, Md; Littie B., wife of P. S. Deshong; Mrs. Viola D. Garland, Jos. W., Thomas O., Clarence and Norman S. Deshong, all of Wilmington, Del. She is also survived by three brothers, Barton Starr, Mercerburg, Pa.; Thomas R. Starr, Chestertown, Md.; Joseph C. Starr, Herndon, Va., and many friends who mourn her passing.
Mrs. Deshong was a member of Sideling Hill Primitive Baptist Church where funeral services were held on Wednesday, September 12, Elder H. H. Lefferts officiating. Interment was made in the adjoining cemetery.
She was a woman of love and peace among her brethren and among her neighbors and friends. The words in Psalms twenty-six, verse eight, fitted her, because she surely loved her meetings and never missed if she could help it. Since her husbands's death she has been spending her summers with her married children in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, and her winters with her children in Wilmington, Delaware. When at the latter, she faithfully attended the meetings at Welsh Tract whenever she could possibly do so. She is survived by eight children. Besides Mrs. Sipes, at whose home she died, they are: Mrs. Lettie B. Deshong, of Needmore, Pa., Mrs. Viola D. Garland, of Tuxedo Park, Del., Joseph W. Deshong, of Wilmington, Del., Oscar Deshong, of Townsend, Del., Mrs. Jeannette L. Hurd, of Chestertown, Md., and Clarence I. and Norman S., both of Wilmington, Del. All of these children were around her bed when she passed away, notwithstanding they were living several miles from her and had but short notice of her approaching end. They have ever showed much care and consideration for the welfare of their mother and did what they could for her comfort and wellbeing. She is also survived by twenty-seven grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren. She has three brothers living: brother Barton Starr, of Mercersburg, Pa., brother Thomas Starr, of Chestertown, Md., and Mr. Joseph C. Starr, of Herndon, Va. May the Comforter abide with all who truly mourn. The funeral services were held in the meetinghouse at Sideling Hill, conducted by myself, her pastor. Her body was laid to rest in the cemetery there by the side of her husband.
H.H.L∼Mrs. Sarah J. Deshong, widow of Simon Deshong, died at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Sheriff and Mrs. Roy M. Sipes, in McConnellsburg, on Monday, September 10th at 2:15 A.M. Death results from a complication of diseases, she having been critically ill for three days.
Mrs. Deshong was a daughter of Marcus and Mary Starr, and was born at Sipes Mill, PA., June 26, 1860, hence was aged 74 years, 2 months and 14 days.
She is survived by four daughters and four sons, Cora L., wife of Roy M. Sipes, McConnellsburg; Jeannette L., wide of J. J. Hurd, Chestertown, Md; Littie B., wife of P. S. Deshong; Mrs. Viola D. Garland, Jos. W., Thomas O., Clarence and Norman S. Deshong, all of Wilmington, Del. She is also survived by three brothers, Barton Starr, Mercerburg, Pa.; Thomas R. Starr, Chestertown, Md.; Joseph C. Starr, Herndon, Va., and many friends who mourn her passing.
Mrs. Deshong was a member of Sideling Hill Primitive Baptist Church where funeral services were held on Wednesday, September 12, Elder H. H. Lefferts officiating. Interment was made in the adjoining cemetery.
MRS. SARAH J. DESHONG,our sister in Christ, departed this earthly life at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Cora L. Sipes, of McConnellsburg, Pa., September 10th, 1934. She had been in failing health for many months, but had not been really ill except since the Friday before she passed away. Her father and mother were Marcus Starr and sister Mary Mellott, both long since deceased. She was born at Sipes Mill, Fulton County, Pennsylvania. Her husband was our late brother Simon Deshong, who died in 1924. She was baptized by the late Elder E. B. White about forty-six years ago into the membership of the Sideling Hill Old School Baptist Church.
She was a woman of love and peace among her brethren and among her neighbors and friends. The words in Psalms twenty-six, verse eight, fitted her, because she surely loved her meetings and never missed if she could help it. Since her husbands's death she has been spending her summers with her married children in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, and her winters with her children in Wilmington, Delaware. When at the latter, she faithfully attended the meetings at Welsh Tract whenever she could possibly do so. She is survived by eight children. Besides Mrs. Sipes, at whose home she died, they are: Mrs. Lettie B. Deshong, of Needmore, Pa., Mrs. Viola D. Garland, of Tuxedo Park, Del., Joseph W. Deshong, of Wilmington, Del., Oscar Deshong, of Townsend, Del., Mrs. Jeannette L. Hurd, of Chestertown, Md., and Clarence I. and Norman S., both of Wilmington, Del. All of these children were around her bed when she passed away, notwithstanding they were living several miles from her and had but short notice of her approaching end. They have ever showed much care and consideration for the welfare of their mother and did what they could for her comfort and wellbeing. She is also survived by twenty-seven grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren. She has three brothers living: brother Barton Starr, of Mercersburg, Pa., brother Thomas Starr, of Chestertown, Md., and Mr. Joseph C. Starr, of Herndon, Va. May the Comforter abide with all who truly mourn. The funeral services were held in the meetinghouse at Sideling Hill, conducted by myself, her pastor. Her body was laid to rest in the cemetery there by the side of her husband.
H.H.L∼Mrs. Sarah J. Deshong, widow of Simon Deshong, died at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Sheriff and Mrs. Roy M. Sipes, in McConnellsburg, on Monday, September 10th at 2:15 A.M. Death results from a complication of diseases, she having been critically ill for three days.
Mrs. Deshong was a daughter of Marcus and Mary Starr, and was born at Sipes Mill, PA., June 26, 1860, hence was aged 74 years, 2 months and 14 days.
She is survived by four daughters and four sons, Cora L., wife of Roy M. Sipes, McConnellsburg; Jeannette L., wide of J. J. Hurd, Chestertown, Md; Littie B., wife of P. S. Deshong; Mrs. Viola D. Garland, Jos. W., Thomas O., Clarence and Norman S. Deshong, all of Wilmington, Del. She is also survived by three brothers, Barton Starr, Mercerburg, Pa.; Thomas R. Starr, Chestertown, Md.; Joseph C. Starr, Herndon, Va., and many friends who mourn her passing.
Mrs. Deshong was a member of Sideling Hill Primitive Baptist Church where funeral services were held on Wednesday, September 12, Elder H. H. Lefferts officiating. Interment was made in the adjoining cemetery.
She was a woman of love and peace among her brethren and among her neighbors and friends. The words in Psalms twenty-six, verse eight, fitted her, because she surely loved her meetings and never missed if she could help it. Since her husbands's death she has been spending her summers with her married children in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, and her winters with her children in Wilmington, Delaware. When at the latter, she faithfully attended the meetings at Welsh Tract whenever she could possibly do so. She is survived by eight children. Besides Mrs. Sipes, at whose home she died, they are: Mrs. Lettie B. Deshong, of Needmore, Pa., Mrs. Viola D. Garland, of Tuxedo Park, Del., Joseph W. Deshong, of Wilmington, Del., Oscar Deshong, of Townsend, Del., Mrs. Jeannette L. Hurd, of Chestertown, Md., and Clarence I. and Norman S., both of Wilmington, Del. All of these children were around her bed when she passed away, notwithstanding they were living several miles from her and had but short notice of her approaching end. They have ever showed much care and consideration for the welfare of their mother and did what they could for her comfort and wellbeing. She is also survived by twenty-seven grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren. She has three brothers living: brother Barton Starr, of Mercersburg, Pa., brother Thomas Starr, of Chestertown, Md., and Mr. Joseph C. Starr, of Herndon, Va. May the Comforter abide with all who truly mourn. The funeral services were held in the meetinghouse at Sideling Hill, conducted by myself, her pastor. Her body was laid to rest in the cemetery there by the side of her husband.
H.H.L∼Mrs. Sarah J. Deshong, widow of Simon Deshong, died at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Sheriff and Mrs. Roy M. Sipes, in McConnellsburg, on Monday, September 10th at 2:15 A.M. Death results from a complication of diseases, she having been critically ill for three days.
Mrs. Deshong was a daughter of Marcus and Mary Starr, and was born at Sipes Mill, PA., June 26, 1860, hence was aged 74 years, 2 months and 14 days.
She is survived by four daughters and four sons, Cora L., wife of Roy M. Sipes, McConnellsburg; Jeannette L., wide of J. J. Hurd, Chestertown, Md; Littie B., wife of P. S. Deshong; Mrs. Viola D. Garland, Jos. W., Thomas O., Clarence and Norman S. Deshong, all of Wilmington, Del. She is also survived by three brothers, Barton Starr, Mercerburg, Pa.; Thomas R. Starr, Chestertown, Md.; Joseph C. Starr, Herndon, Va., and many friends who mourn her passing.
Mrs. Deshong was a member of Sideling Hill Primitive Baptist Church where funeral services were held on Wednesday, September 12, Elder H. H. Lefferts officiating. Interment was made in the adjoining cemetery.
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