Penn Yan, Jan. 23 - Miss
Mahala Burger of Italy, and
Charles E. Tears of Benton, were married yesterday morning at the parsonage of the Baptist church by Bey. G. Wiilard Rockwell, pastor of the Baptist church. Mr. and Mrs. Tears will reside in Benton. -
Geneva Daily Times January 23, 1913 page 3
Found her on the 1920 Potter, Yates, New York census (dist 185 img 8) as
Mahla E. Tears age 25.
Found her on the 1930 Potter, Yates, New York census (dist 16 img 8) as
Mahala Tears age 36.
CLIFTON SPRINGS - Funeral services for Mahala E. Tears, 80, who died yesterday at Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Patrick Funeral Home, 26 Main St. The Rev. Albert Kamm, hospital chaplain, will officiate. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home today from 7-9 p.m. and tomorrow from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Donations can be made to Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic in Memory of Mrs. Tears.
Mrs. Tears was the widow of the late Charles Tears. Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Louise Brusch of Walton, Miss Eleanor Tears and Mrs. George Carter, both of Rochester, Mrs. George Robinson of Clifton Springs, Mrs. Clifford Morgan of Phoenix, Ariz. two sons, Ralph Tears of Clifton Springs, and Elmer Tears of Penn Yan, a sister, Mrs. Goldie Plyter of Williamson 11 grandchildren 12 great - grand children and several nieces and nephews. The Geneva Times June 5, 1974