Mrs. Sarah Ellen Rife, 56, wife of Herman Rife, died at her home in Franklin township, near Cashtown, Monday evening at 9:15 from the effects of a paralytic stroke.
Mrs. Rife was a daughter of Jacob and Eliza (Lady) Deardorff and was born and always resided in Adams county.
Mrs. Rife taught school in Franklin township for eight years and was an active member of Trinity Reformed church, Cashtown. She was an active member of the Ladies’ Aid Society of that church.
Mrs. Rife is survived by her mother, Mrs. Eliza Deardorff, Gettysburg RD; her husband, three sons and three daughters, Harold Rife, a civil engineer at C. C. C. camp. No. 89, Conrad, Potter county, John Rife, a member of the same camp, Mrs. Albert Maxwell, Lancaster, and Mrs. Sara Rife, Miss Isabella Rife and William Rife, all at home.
The following brothers and sisters also survive; Ira Deardorff, McKnightstown; Clarence, McKnightstown; Mrs. Loleta Charles, McKnightstown; Mrs. C A Hershey, Gettysburg;
Mrs. John C Bream, Gettysburg RD; Mrs. J B Bushey, Biglerville RD; Ross R Deardorff, Plainfield,
New Jersey, J Gilbert Deardorff, Lawrenceville, New Jersey; Mrs. Homer Shaw, New Kensington;
Mrs. Philip Bower, Emmitsburg, Mrs. Walter Lott, Gettysburg, and Mrs. V. S. Watson, Oakland, California.
Brief funeral services at the Rife home, Thursday afternoon at 2:00 with further services at Trinity Reformed Church, Cashtown at 2:30, the Rev. G Howard Koons officiating. Interment at Flohr’s church cemetery.
Mrs. Sarah Ellen Rife, 56, wife of Herman Rife, died at her home in Franklin township, near Cashtown, Monday evening at 9:15 from the effects of a paralytic stroke.
Mrs. Rife was a daughter of Jacob and Eliza (Lady) Deardorff and was born and always resided in Adams county.
Mrs. Rife taught school in Franklin township for eight years and was an active member of Trinity Reformed church, Cashtown. She was an active member of the Ladies’ Aid Society of that church.
Mrs. Rife is survived by her mother, Mrs. Eliza Deardorff, Gettysburg RD; her husband, three sons and three daughters, Harold Rife, a civil engineer at C. C. C. camp. No. 89, Conrad, Potter county, John Rife, a member of the same camp, Mrs. Albert Maxwell, Lancaster, and Mrs. Sara Rife, Miss Isabella Rife and William Rife, all at home.
The following brothers and sisters also survive; Ira Deardorff, McKnightstown; Clarence, McKnightstown; Mrs. Loleta Charles, McKnightstown; Mrs. C A Hershey, Gettysburg;
Mrs. John C Bream, Gettysburg RD; Mrs. J B Bushey, Biglerville RD; Ross R Deardorff, Plainfield,
New Jersey, J Gilbert Deardorff, Lawrenceville, New Jersey; Mrs. Homer Shaw, New Kensington;
Mrs. Philip Bower, Emmitsburg, Mrs. Walter Lott, Gettysburg, and Mrs. V. S. Watson, Oakland, California.
Brief funeral services at the Rife home, Thursday afternoon at 2:00 with further services at Trinity Reformed Church, Cashtown at 2:30, the Rev. G Howard Koons officiating. Interment at Flohr’s church cemetery.
Family Members
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Willis Owen Deardorff
1872–1873
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Ira Leighton Deardorff
1874–1940
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Alice Laura Deardorff Hershey
1876–1967
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Grace Bell Deardorff Bream
1879–1958
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Ross Robert Deardorff
1881–1951
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Mary Martha Deardorff Bream
1884–1914
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Anna Viola Deardorff Bushey
1885–1967
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Belva Nora Deardorff Lott
1888–1976
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Jay Gilbert Deardorff
1889–1973
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Clarence David Deardorff
1890–1983
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Ruth Edna Deardorff Shaw
1893–1985
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Eva Claire Deardorff Bower
1894–1984
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Lolita Charlotte Deardorff Charles
1896–1988
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