Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1918 — MRS. BERTHA O’NEAL DEAD [ARTICLE]

MRS. BERTHA O’NEAL DEAD

Passed Away at County Hospital Saturday Evening. Mrs. Bertha O’Neal, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Parcels of this city, died at the county hospital Saturday evening about 8:30 o’clock following an operation for tumor. Mrs. O’Neal was born in this city on September 1, 1878, and was therefore thirty-nine years, six months and twenty-one days of age at the time of her death, much of which time has been spent in Rensselaer. On August 14, 1899, deceased was united in marriage to John H. O’Neal of Indianapolis, in which city they had since resided most of the time except the past five months when they had been living at the Hotel Lahr in Lafayette, where Mr. O'Neal was working as a state field examiner.

Mrs. O’Neal had not been very , well for some little time and on ilast Thursday came to Rensselaer to visit her parents. On Saturday morning she was taken very sick and was at once taken to the hospital, a specialist called and everything possible done to save her life, although little hope was entertainer for her recovery. She is survived by her hus'band, one daughter, Sara Alice, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Parcels, and two brothers, Fred of St. Louis, Missouri and Rue of Amarilla, Texas. Funeral services will be held at the Christian, church today at 2 p. an., conducted by Rev. Asa McDaniel, and burial made in Weeton cfemetery.