Theodore Van Pelt, father of Mrs. Ferdinand Maag of Keyport and Mrs. George Birch of Cliffwood, died at the residence of his son in Brooklyn, on Monday, February 29, after an illness of several months.
The cause of death was kidney disease and vertigo. His daughters spent Sunday and Monday with their father and had been home only a short time when word was received of his death. Mr. Van Pelt had lived in Keyport and Cliffwood for several years up to last August, when he went to Brooklyn to spend some time with his son. Although in failing health for two years, he only gave up and took to his bed a little over a week before his death.
Mr. Van Pelt was born in Matawan on March 7th, 1832, and would there fore have been 72 years old on Monday last. He spent nearly all his life in New Jersey.
He was the son of Henry Van Pelt and Phoebe A. House, his wife. He was a carpenter by trade, but he had not been able to do much for the last twenty years.
He leaves three children - Theodore Van Pelt of Brooklyn and two daughters above mentioned. One brother, Thomas Van Pelt, and a sister, Mrs. Sarah Hayword, both of Brooklyn, also survive him.
His wife, who was Miss Ellen A. Perrine, died thirty-two years ago.
The remains were brought over to Cliffwood last Thursday afternoon on the train reaching Matawan at 1:43.
The funeral services were held from the Cliffwood M. E. Church at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Mr. Birkett officiating;
Interment in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Published in The Matawan Journal, Thursday Afternoon, March 10, 1904.
The cause of death was kidney disease and vertigo. His daughters spent Sunday and Monday with their father and had been home only a short time when word was received of his death. Mr. Van Pelt had lived in Keyport and Cliffwood for several years up to last August, when he went to Brooklyn to spend some time with his son. Although in failing health for two years, he only gave up and took to his bed a little over a week before his death.
Mr. Van Pelt was born in Matawan on March 7th, 1832, and would there fore have been 72 years old on Monday last. He spent nearly all his life in New Jersey.
He was the son of Henry Van Pelt and Phoebe A. House, his wife. He was a carpenter by trade, but he had not been able to do much for the last twenty years.
He leaves three children - Theodore Van Pelt of Brooklyn and two daughters above mentioned. One brother, Thomas Van Pelt, and a sister, Mrs. Sarah Hayword, both of Brooklyn, also survive him.
His wife, who was Miss Ellen A. Perrine, died thirty-two years ago.
The remains were brought over to Cliffwood last Thursday afternoon on the train reaching Matawan at 1:43.
The funeral services were held from the Cliffwood M. E. Church at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Mr. Birkett officiating;
Interment in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Published in The Matawan Journal, Thursday Afternoon, March 10, 1904.
Theodore Van Pelt, father of Mrs. Ferdinand Maag of Keyport and Mrs. George Birch of Cliffwood, died at the residence of his son in Brooklyn, on Monday, February 29, after an illness of several months.
The cause of death was kidney disease and vertigo. His daughters spent Sunday and Monday with their father and had been home only a short time when word was received of his death. Mr. Van Pelt had lived in Keyport and Cliffwood for several years up to last August, when he went to Brooklyn to spend some time with his son. Although in failing health for two years, he only gave up and took to his bed a little over a week before his death.
Mr. Van Pelt was born in Matawan on March 7th, 1832, and would there fore have been 72 years old on Monday last. He spent nearly all his life in New Jersey.
He was the son of Henry Van Pelt and Phoebe A. House, his wife. He was a carpenter by trade, but he had not been able to do much for the last twenty years.
He leaves three children - Theodore Van Pelt of Brooklyn and two daughters above mentioned. One brother, Thomas Van Pelt, and a sister, Mrs. Sarah Hayword, both of Brooklyn, also survive him.
His wife, who was Miss Ellen A. Perrine, died thirty-two years ago.
The remains were brought over to Cliffwood last Thursday afternoon on the train reaching Matawan at 1:43.
The funeral services were held from the Cliffwood M. E. Church at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Mr. Birkett officiating;
Interment in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Published in The Matawan Journal, Thursday Afternoon, March 10, 1904.
The cause of death was kidney disease and vertigo. His daughters spent Sunday and Monday with their father and had been home only a short time when word was received of his death. Mr. Van Pelt had lived in Keyport and Cliffwood for several years up to last August, when he went to Brooklyn to spend some time with his son. Although in failing health for two years, he only gave up and took to his bed a little over a week before his death.
Mr. Van Pelt was born in Matawan on March 7th, 1832, and would there fore have been 72 years old on Monday last. He spent nearly all his life in New Jersey.
He was the son of Henry Van Pelt and Phoebe A. House, his wife. He was a carpenter by trade, but he had not been able to do much for the last twenty years.
He leaves three children - Theodore Van Pelt of Brooklyn and two daughters above mentioned. One brother, Thomas Van Pelt, and a sister, Mrs. Sarah Hayword, both of Brooklyn, also survive him.
His wife, who was Miss Ellen A. Perrine, died thirty-two years ago.
The remains were brought over to Cliffwood last Thursday afternoon on the train reaching Matawan at 1:43.
The funeral services were held from the Cliffwood M. E. Church at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Mr. Birkett officiating;
Interment in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Published in The Matawan Journal, Thursday Afternoon, March 10, 1904.
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