Allegheny County PA Archives Obituaries.....Sims, Dorabelle Holmes (Ross) October 18, 1961
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Valley Dailey News - Tarentum, PA - October 19, 1961
Mrs. Sims Dies at 63, Unexpectedly
   Taken suddenly ill last evening, (Oct. 18, 1961) Mrs. Dorabelle Sims, 63, 
wife of Ralph W. Sims, 554 E. 8th Ave., Tarentum, died several hours later, at 
11:25, in Allegheny Valley Hospital, Natrona Heights.
   Mrs. Sims and her daughter, Mrs. Lou Boda, and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. 
Ralph W. Sims Jr., both of Tarentum, were attending the Halloween Card Frolic 
of the Tarentum Eastern Star in Tarentum American Legion Home, when Mrs. Sims 
became ill. Tarentum Firemen's ambulance was summoned and she was taken to the 
hospital where death was attributed to a possible heart attack.
   Mrs. Sims had resided her entire lifetime in Tarentum, where she was born 
on March 25, 1898, to the late T. K. and Minnie E. Bricker Ross.
   Always active in church and women's organizations, she was a member of the 
First Presbyterian Church, Tarentum; Tarentum Order of the Eastern Star, and 
Tarentum Chapter of Blue Star Mothers.
   She was also a charter member of Rhodes Sisterhood Dames of Malta and its 
Protectors Association.
   Surviving, in addition to her husband, are 10 children: Mrs. Howard 
(Connie) Baker and Mrs. Lloyd (Audrey) Wilson Jr., Lowrer Burrell; Mrs. Lou 
(Betty Jane) Boda, Ralph W. Jr., Richard, Robert, Mrs. Henry (Eileen) Geahry 
and William, all of Tarentum; Mrs. Anthony (Carol) Licata, Arnold, and James 
at home.
   She also leaves a brother, Rev. L. LaVerne Ross, D.D., Fort Smith, Ark.; 
three sisters: Mrs. Vyda Reynolds, Richmond, Ind.; Mrs. Wilivene Imm, Weirton, 
W. Va., and Mrs. Vivian Knablekamp, Bufflao, N.Y.; 18 grandchildren and one 
great-grandchild.
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   The family will receive friends in the Albert H. Duster Funeral Home, 347 
E. 10th Ave., Tarentum. Services Saturday at 2 p.m. in the funeral home will 
be conducted by her paster, Rev. Robert E. Andreen. Burial will be in Lakewood 
Memorial Gardens, Dorseyville.


Additional Comments:
Knablekamp is definately misspelled. Should be Knabelkamp. I believe that 
Wilivene is also incorrectly spelled. Should be Willavene.

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