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Obituaries

M. Eva Sharpless

M. Eva, widow of Minshall L.

Sharpless, of Concordville died

suddenly yesterday in her 79th

year.

Mrs. Sharpless was living with

her daughter, Mrs. Milton S. Hey-

burn, at the time of her death.  The

deceased was born in Bel Air, Md.,

on Dec. 12, 1871 the daughter of

Joseph and Emmeline Pierce Dil-

worth.  She married the late Min-

shall Sharpless on Nov. 11, 1891

and moved to his farm at Brandy-

wine Summit.

She was a member of the Dil-

worthtown Presbyterian church

where she was organist and treas-

urer of the church for many years.

Her late father gave the ground

on which the Dilworthtown church 

was built.  The deceased was a

former member of the Concord

Needlework Guild and the Con-

cord Grange.

Mrs. Sharpless is survived by

her daughter, Beatrice, wife of

Milton S. Heyburn, with whom

she lived, and a son, Minshall P.

Sharpless.

There are four grandchildren

and three great grandchildren sur-

viving.