OBIT: Florence M. (BOOSE) MASSIC, 1915, Roaring Spring, Blair County, PA

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Mrs. Laura Mae Massic

Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock Mrs. Laura Mae Massic, wife of George 
Massic of Roaring Spring, died of heart trouble. She suffered for two 
years. She was born in Blair township on May 4, 1873, and was the 
daughter of Rev. Charles W. Garber of Martinsburg, R.D. 2. She removed 
to Williamsport in 1892, where she was united in marriage. She reared 
eight children. Six survive, as follows: Alice, Debora, Rachael, Paul, 
Emory and Elvin, all at home, together with the husband, the mother, 
and a brother, James Ford, of McKeesport and the following half-
brothers, Homer Paul, Carl and Peter Lehman. She was a member of the 
Church of the Brethren of Roaring Spring and of the Ladies' Aid society 
of the church. The funeral was held yesterday morning with services in 
the Church of the Brethren at 10 o'clock in charge of the pastor, Rev. 
A. G. Crosswhite. Interment in the Albright cemetery, near Roaring 
Spring.

Morrison Cove Herald, Friday, May 14, 1915

Note: we need to reconcile what we thought her name was, Florence M. 
Boose, with the details shown in the obituary above. Her tombstone is 
engraved "FLORENCE M." - ed.