Submitted by: Dan Rich

Mary A. Eberhart

May 12, 1829 – Dec. 15, 1889

Mishawaka Enterprise
Friday, December 20, 1889

Mrs. J. H. Eberhart, whose long and painful illness has been frequently noted of late in the ENTERPRISE, finally found rest in death on Sunday morning, Dec. 15th, 1889, at 8 o'clock.

Mrs. Eberhart had been in failing health for the past year or two, and for the past three months had been confined to her bed, a great but patient sufferer. Her disease seemed to baffle the physicians, so much so that the family consented to a post mortem examination after her death to ascertain the nature of the ailment. The autopsy was accordingly held on Tuesday morning by Doctors Borough, Van Pelt and Grimes, and discovered the fact that the deceased had been afflicted with an extensive tuberculous condition of the bowels, liver, kidneys and other organs.

Mrs. Eberhart's maiden name was Mary A. McCann. She was born in Vermont, May 12, 1829, and was consequently in the 61st year of her age. She was united in marriage to her present bereaved husband, Dec. 23, 1858, and bore him two children, Mrs. Will Keyes, of South Bend, and Miss Nellie, who lived at home. She was an earnest and consistent member of St. Paul's Episcopal church and was highly respected by a wide circle of acquaintances who deeply deplore her untimely death.

The funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and was very numerously attended. Rev. F. Thompson, pastor of St. Paul's church, and Rev. Mr. Thompson, of Bristol, officiated. There were a number of handsome floral offerings, including one representing a broken circle, sent by the Board of Managers of the Northern Indiana Orphans' Home, of which board the deceased was a valued member.