Bernard - Anna - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Monday afternoon Mrs. Charles Bernard came to her death in a sudden and unusual way. She was never in better health than she was Monday at noon and after dinner went out into the garden of her residence on Liberty Street to perform some work. She worked for quite a long time vigorously and became quite warm. When her son, Charles, returned from school she sent him on some errand and when he returned he found his mother seated on the ground and quite sick from being overheated. He assisted her to the house where she drank eagerly a large quantity of cold water and laid down. The boy hurried for his father and Dr. Waite, who lives with the Bernards, telephoned for Dr. Keegan. Mrs. Bernard was soon taken with a violent case of congestion and died within thirty minutes after the attack. The funeral occurred from the family residence Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock.