Delaware Co. PAGenWeb Archives Obituaries - Sarah Whitaker (nee Habbersett) BONSALL, 1951 Contributed to PAGenWeb Archives by Nancy Annie Odegard - Nurse73NAO@aol.com ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ BONSALL, Sarah Whitaker (nee Habbersett) 1951 18 June 1951 Monday Chester Times "Mrs. Sarah Bonsall, 76, Dies; Daughter of E. H. Habbersett" Mrs. SARAH W. HABBERSETT BONSALL, 76, wife J. CLARENCE BONSALL, died Sunday at the home of her son, J. CLARENCE BONSALL, Jr., Middletown road, Middletown, after an illness of three months. Mrs. BONSALL was a member of one of the county's oldest families and was a sister of the four brothers who own HABBERSETT Bros., manufactures of pork products. The daughter of the late ESMOND H. and HANNAH L. HABBERSETT, she was born in Middletown Township and had lived there all her life. She and her husband were the first couple to be married in Mount Hope Methodist Church, near Village Green. She was a member of that church for many years. Survivors Besides her husband and son she leaves two sisters, Mrs. WILLIAM H. DUTTON of Twin Oaks and Mrs. JAMES DALTRY of Media, and four brothers, ISAAC J., CHARLES W., JOSHUA W. and E. HARPER, Jr., all of Middletown. Two grandchildren also survive. Rev. Philip T. WORTH, pastor of Mount Hope Church will conduct services Wednesday at 2 p.m. from the Rigby Funeral Home, Baltimore avenue and Jackson street, Media. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday evening at the funeral home. Note: Daughter of Esmonde H. Habbersett & Hannah L. Whitaker (d/o Joshua Whitaker & Sarah Lawton) Great-granddaughter of Jabez (of England) and Sarah Lawton Nine siblings: Sarah (nee Habbersett) Bonsall; Priscilla (nee Habbersett) Dutton; Isaac S. Habbersett; Florence (nee Habbersett) Carter; William C. Habbersett; Charles W. Habbersett; Bertha (nee Habbersett) Daltry; Joshua W. Habbersett; and Esmonde Harper Habbersett, Jr. This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/delaware/obits/b/bonsall-swh.txt