Sarah
J. (Keiper)
Hettig
Obituary
Hartwick
News
Vol.
17, No.
34
Mrs.
Sarah J.
(Keiper)
Hettig
Mrs.
Sarah J.
(Keiper)
Hettig,
aged 79
years,
wife of
August
Hettig,
died
last
Thursday
noon at
the home
of her
daughter,
Mrs.
Herschel
Hathaway.
She
had been
an
invalid
for
several
years
suffering
from
heart
trouble.
During
the last
four
years,
Mr. and
Mrs.
Hettig
had made
their
home
with
their
daughter,
who
cared
for her
mother
during
her
illness.
Mrs.
Hettig
was the
daughter
of
Reuben
and
Elizabeth
(Prutziman)
Kieper,
and was
born at
Leonardsville
Luzerne
county,
Pa.,
April
16,
1852.
She was
married
to
August
Hettig,
April
14,
1870.
She was
a member
of the
Evangical
Lutheran
church
at
Alderson,
Pa.
Surviving
her
besides
her
husband,
are
several
sons and
daughters:
Mrs.
Herschel
Hathaway
of
Hartwick,
Mrs. e.
Dotter
of
Kresgeville,
Pa., R.
O.
Hettig
of Los
Angeles,
Cal.,
Stephen
Hettig
of
Lehighton,
Pa.,
Charles
Hettig
of
Athens,
Pa,
Stuart
Hettig
of
Marion
Run;
Pa., and
W.H.
Hettig
of
Oneonta.
There
are also
a number
of
grandchildren
and
great-grandchildren.
The
funeral
was held
from the
Hathaway
home at
1:30 p.
m.
Monday,
with
Rev. r.
C.
Updyke,
pastor
of the
Christian
church
officiating.
Interment
was made
in the
family
plot in
the
Schenevus
cemetery.
Friends
and
relatives
were
present
from
Warrior
Run,
Athens,
Lehighton,
Pennsylvania,
Schenevus,
Milford,
Oneonta.
The
Ladies
Auxilary
of the
Veterans
of
Foreign
Wars of
Oneonta
attended
in a
body.
Floral
tributes
were
sent by
the
Brotherhood
of
Railway
Trainment,
Christian
church,
Rebekah
Lodge,
High
School
and
Veterans
of
Foreign
Wars of
Oneonta,
besides
other
individual
pieces.
 
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