Frederick County MD Archives Obituaries.....Birely, Katheryne Martz September 18, 1945 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/mdfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mark Ault meault@yahoo.como September 24, 2007, 10:14 am The Frederick Post, Frederick, Maryland, Thursday Morning, September 20, 1945 Page 5, column 1 Mrs. Katheryne M. Birely Mrs. Katheryne M. Birely, widow of Elmer B. Birely, Woodsboro, died Tuesday night at 10 o’clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Schwarber, near Johnsville, where she had been removed about a week ago after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage. She was aged 79 years, ten months and 17 days. A member of the Woodsboro Lutheran church and a former member Mt. Zion Lutheran church at Haughs, where she served as organist for 35 years and also taught in the Sunday School. Mrs. Birely was a daughter of the late William H. and Deborah Martz, of the Ladiesburg vicinity. Surviving are two nephews: Norman Phillips, Baltimore, and Edgar Phillips, Taneytown. The body is at the funeral home in Thurmont where it will remain until this morning at 10 o’clock when it will be removed to the Schwarber residence. The funeral will take place on Friday morning with brief services at the Schwarber home at 10.30 o’clock, followed by services at the Woodsboro Lutheran church at 11 o’clock. Rev. Herbert H. Schmidt, pastor of the deceased, will officiate. Interment in Mt. Hope cemetery, Woodsboro. M. L. Creager and Son, funeral directors. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mdfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb