Death Certificate Sophia B Starkweather New Brighton 1963 Cert 067523-63

The record

Conventions: [ ] editorial addition; [?] uncertain reading; […] illegible; [sic] as written.*

Transcription

Local reg. no. "109"; certificate "067523-63." Death in Beaver County, New Brighton, at "Beaver Valley General Hospital." Mailing address "1510 – 10th Ave, Beaver, Pa." Veteran: No. "Sophia B. Starkweather." Died "7-17-63"; lived in Brighton Township. Female, white, "Widowed." Born "2-22-92," age 71. "Housewife." Social security: "None." Birthplace "Penna." "USA." Spouse "Edwin M. Starkweather." Mother's maiden name "Unknown." Father's name "Unknown." Informant "E. J. Starkweather, Beaver, Pa." Cause "Malnutrition" due to "Parkinson Disease" (intervals "1 yr," "6 yrs"); other "Chronic myocarditis." No autopsy. Attending physician "A. E. Chadwick, M.D.," 401–13th St., New Brighton, signed 7/17/63. Burial 7-19-63, Beaver Cem., Beaver, Beaver Co. Funeral director "[Wilson?]," Beaver, Pa. (a marginal note reads "Wilson's Funeral Home, Beaver").

Plain reading

Sophia B. Starkweather, widow of Edwin M. Starkweather, born 22 February 1892 in Pennsylvania, died 17 July 1963 at a New Brighton hospital of malnutrition due to Parkinson's disease; buried at Beaver Cemetery 19 July. Her parents are given as "Unknown."

Notes

The index adds "[Sophia B Wesemann Starkweather]" as an alternate name; the certificate itself does not say Wesemann. Identity as Sophia (Boentgen) Starkweather (Chapter 4; Find a Grave memorial 103852056: 21 Feb 1892, d. 17 Jul 1963, Beaver Cemetery) is PROBABLE: date of death, spouse, burial place and the 1892 birth agree; birth day 22 against 21 February.

Conflicts noted: (1) Birth day: certificate 22 February 1892; Find a Grave 21 February 1892 (Prior Research [59]). (2) Middle initial "B." (certificate) against "V." (Emma Brosius's certificate, N4.5, where the informant signs "Sophia V. Starkweather"); Prior Research gives "Sophia V." (Chapter 4). Both given as written.