WERT, Phoebe Clodfelter - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Mrs. Phoebe Wert, age 67, died yesterday morning at 3:30 o'clock at the Culver Union Hospital of an abscess of the stomach, which had caused her serious illness for the last four weeks. She underwent an operation Monday. Her home was in Waynetown. The deceased was born on January 28, 1855, near Wallace, where she spent practically all of her life. She was the daughter of Peter and Eliza Guntle Clodfelter. About forty-five years ago, she married Samuel Neese. Mr. Neese died thirty-nine years ago, and she married John Wert. Surviving are her two daughter, Mrs. Eva Moore, of Waynetown, and Mrs. Edith Williams, of Champaign, Ill.; one son, Ira Neese, of Waukesha, Wis.; one sister, Mrs. Susanna Sellee, of Hillsboro; eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church in Waynetown Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with burial in the Masonic Cemetery. Rev. Clearwater will be in charge.