Submitted by Georgia Gill-Elkins
South Bend Tribune Oct. 30, 1927 sec. 1 page 2

Mrs. Martha E. Sharpe

Mrs. Martha E. Sharpe, age 52, died Saturday morning at 3:15 o'clock at her home in Sacramento, Calif., following an illness of four years. Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed. Mrs. Sharpe was for many years a resident of South Bend, having been born her Sept. 17, 1875. She was married 29 years ago to Jesse R. Sharpe. She was a daughter of Mrs. Rose Bloom, and a sister of Charles Bloom and Mrs. Cora Barton, of South Bend; and Mrs. Ada Julien, of Sacramento.