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NORA SISLEY
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Inc. 1967
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Tularemia,better known as "rabbit fever",on Friday, November 21,1941 claimed the life of a Fitz Henry woman, Mrs. Nora Sisley,59,who died approximately 24 hours after she was admitted to the Presbyterian hospital,Pittsburgh. The woman's husband,J. Sisley,also is suffering from the disease and is near death in the Pittsburgh hospital. According to Dr. W.J.Potts,Westmoreland County medical director who is associated with the State Health Department,the husband and wife were stricken almost simultaneously on Tuesday,one week after they received several rabbits from a relative in Greene county. According to reports,the rabbits arrived at the Sisley home Armistice Day and were not dressed immediately. It was during the cleaning process that tuaremia was contracted. Mrs. Sisley,a former resident of Belle Vernon,was taken to the Toner Funeral home,Belle Vernon. The body will be laid out in a sealed casket. Friends will be received until Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Haorld R.Toner funeral home at Belle Vernon,when funeral services will be held in charge of Rev. James N. Rainey,pastor of the Christian Church. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.toner,funeral director in charge.
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