Mrs. Robert (Sybil M.) McOmber
1850-1919
MRS. M’OMBER SUCCUMBS TO APOPLEXY
About the Same Time Her Sister is Hurt in Accident
Mrs. Robert McOmber died at her home, 812 North Fourth street this morning at 9:15 o’clock. Last Monday afternoon she was stricken with apoplexy while feeding her chickens. After lying prostrate in the rain for two hours she was found by her husband when he came home from his work at 6 o’clock. Up to the time of her demise she did not regain consciousness.
Deceased was born at Lodi, Seneca county, New York, July 3, 1850. April 2, 1876, she was married to Robert McOmber of this city. Three children were born to them, Arthur, of Kalamazoo; Mrs. Filbert Williams of Niles and one who died in infancy. She is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Francis Smith and Mrs. Elvira Battles, of New York state, and one brother, Wilbur Salisbury, of Los Angeles, Calif.
Mrs. McOmber took an active interest in the affairs of the Methodist church, of which she was a devoted member. She also belonged to the Rebekah and Maccabee lodges of this city.
Funeral announcement will be made later.
Shortly after the time of her death a telegram was received which conveys the sad news that Mrs. McOmber’s sister, Mrs. Francis Smith, had been seriously injured in an automobile accident in New York.
(Source: Niles Daily Star, Friday evening, February 28, 1919, page 1, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library)