OBIT: Sara Jane (EAMIGH) DIBERT, 1937, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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MRS. SARA JANE DIBERT 

Of 615 Second avenue, died at her home at 6:30 o'clock last evening 
after six weeks' illness. She was born on Oct. 22, 1853, a daughter of 
Jacob and Nancy Eamigh of Roaring Spring.  Her husband, George Henry 
Dibert, died last July.  Twelve children were born to the union, seven 
of whom survive as follows: Mrs. Minerva Lasher of this city, Mrs. 
Martha Yoder of Greenwood, Howard Dibert, Mrs. H. B. Cupp, Mrs. 
Katherine Metzgar and David Dibert, all of this city, and Mrs. Ruth 
Harten of Wehnwood.  She also leaves two brothers, John and Eli Eamigh 
of Roaring Spring; twenty-six grand-children, twenty-one great-
grandchildren, and six great-great grandchildren. Mrs. Dibert was a 
lifelong member of the Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church.  
Funeral services will be conducted at the home of the daughter, Mrs. 
Minerva Lasher, 524 Second avenue, at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon.  
Interment will be made in Oak Ridge cemetery.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., January 11, 1937

Woman Observing 83rd  Anniversary

  Mrs. Jane Dibert, wife of George Dibert of 615 Second avenue, 
Saturday celebrated her 83rd  natal anniversary.  No special observance 
had been planned, but a family gathering was held at the home in the 
evening.  Mrs. Dibert received felicitations and congratulations from 
friends and relatives.
  She leads a useful life and is able to perform many light tasks about 
the home.  She is blessed with fair health,  being impeded only by 
defective eyesight and a slight deafness.
Mrs. Dibert was born on Sept. 21, 1852, at Roaring Spring, a daughter 
of Thomas and Nancy Eamigh, and is the eldest of four children.  She 
has two brothers, John and Eli Eamigh of Roaring Spring.
  Her father served in the Civil war.  There are five generations of 
her family living.  Mr. and Mrs. Dibert will observe their sixty-second 
wedding anniversary on Oct. 30.
  She is the mother of twelve children, seven of whom are living as 
follows: Mrs. Minerva Lasher of 524 Second avenue, Mrs. Martha Yoder of 
Greenwood, Howard Dibert of 615 Second avenue, Mrs. Izora Cupp of 313 
Lexington avenue, Mrs. Catherine Metzger of 212 Eighth street, David I. 
Dibert of 609 First avenue and Mrs. Ruth Harten of Wehnwood.  There are 
twenty-five grandchildren, nineteen great-grandchildren and five great-
great-grandchildren. 

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., September 23, 1935, page 4

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