Society Girl Weds When Ill in Bed; Dies Three Hours After Ceremony

Dec. 1919

PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Overcome by illness while dressing for her wedding, Miss Estelle English, a society girl of Wilkinsburg, had the ceremony performed while she lay in bed. Three hours later she was dead. The minister who officiated will conduct the young bride's funeral.

Miss English, daughter of Mrs. Estelle English, had issued invitations for her marriage at 10 o'clock a. m. with Herman Roush of Hummelstown. About an hour before the time set, while preparing for the ceremony, she complained of illness, though she apparently had been suffering from a slight cold only.

Dr. McClure, the family physician, was called. He promptly ordered Miss English to bed, stating she had pneumonia and that her condition was serious. The young bride insisted the marriage should not be postponed. The physician refused to permit his patient to leave her bed. It was then decided to have the ceremony performed while the bride lay in bed.

Miss English smilingly answered the questions put to her, and it was believed she was showing improvement. With the end of the ceremony, however, she sank rapidly, and at 1 o'clock she was dead.