Distressing Sudden Death

(1930)

   Mrs. Edward Clark of South Berkshire, died at the Robert Packer hospital at Sayre at 8:30 on Monday evening from infection, only a few hours after a seemingly unimportant trouble appearing on a lip had been determined to be serious.

   On Wednesday a soreness on her lip began to trouble her and she went to Newark Valley to consult Dr. H. L. Knapp, Sr. on Thursday afternoon.  What appeared to promise to be a small boil had started on her lip and it was paining her somewhat.  There was no evidence of breakage of the skin at the time and the affection was treated and it was not thought anything serious would come of it.

   The next day the doctor, being in Berkshire, saw Mrs. Clark, and there did not seem to be any change in the matter and nothing serious was then threatened.  However, that night her lip began to swell and become more painful and the swelling extended upward on the face, so early that morn-

Mr. Clark drove to Newark Valley, bringing his wife to again see the doctor.  At that time evidences of serious infection had begun to show, and Dr. Knapp called Dr. Knapp, Jr., to look at it.  The physicians advised that Mrs. Clark be taken at once to the hospital, so Mr. Clark took their little son, who was with them, back to Berkshire and returning to Newark Valley took his wife at once to the Packer hospital.  The x-ray showed that she had one took badly affected and that it was possible infection started from that source.  She grew rapidly worse and died the next day.

   Funeral services were held at the Berkshire Methodist church Thursday afternoon Rev. F. E. Richards, former pastor officiating; N. P. Lewis in charge and the church was filled to nearly capacity by sympathetic and sorrowing friends and neighbors.  Burial was at Evergreen cemetery.

   The deceased was Hazel Cortright, only child of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Cortright, and she was born at East Berkshire on Mar. 22, 1909.  she was married to Edward Clark on Oct. 6, 1925, and they had since lived at South Berkshire.  She is survived by her husband and parents and by a little son, Earl, aged three years.  The greatest sympathy of the community goes out to the stricken husband and parents.

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