A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Delaware > Sussex http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=642 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=53010 Submitted by: Harrison H Howeth Article Title: Philadelphia Inquirer Article Date: January 30 1916 Article Description: Ashes of Royal Countess Scattered on the Rehoboth Sea Shore. Article Text: Rehoboth Beach, Del., Jan 20, 1916: Probably the most unique funeral ever seen in this section was that accorded today for Mrs. Bertha Barker, better known as Countess von Oberkamp, who died last week at Rehoboth Beach. In fulfillment of her expresed wish, her body had been taken to Philadelphia and there cremated. The ashes were brought back to Rehoboth Beach and scattered to the winds in front of her cottage on the shore. Countess von Oberkamp was born 71 years ago in Germany and lived in various parts of the United States. She always insisted the she was a member of the royal family of Prussia and spoke familiarly of her royal relatives. Besides her property in Rehoboth Beachshe had large investments in New York, the bulk of her wealth going to the German Society of the City of New York, to be used for the relief of the poor, with several small legacies going to Rehoboth Beach friends. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DE-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Also visit our other sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com http://www.AutumnWindz.com