OBIT: Nancy A. (GRAY) BIERLEY, 1913, Loganton, Clinton County, PA
  
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  DEATH CALLED MANY LOVED ONES
  
  Grim Reaper Busy on Saturday and Sunday.
  
    On Saturday evening at 8.15 o'clock Mrs. Nancy Ann Bierley, of 
  Loganton, Pa., died at the home of her sister Mrs. Jacob Shirk, on 
  Twenty-second street.  Mrs. Bierly came to Tyrone about two months ago 
  to visit Mrs. Shirk and her father, the venerable George W. Gray, who 
  has passed his ninety-second mile stone along life's journey.  Shortly 
  after arriving in Tyrone Mrs. Bierly became ill with a complication of 
  diseases.  Her condition was not alarming until Saturday afternoon when 
  she had a sinking spell and gradually grew weaker until she passed into 
  the peaceful sleep at the time mentioned above.
    Mrs. Bierly was a consistent Christian woman of high ideals.  She was 
  a devoted member of the United Evangelical church of Loganton, where 
  she has resided the past forty-three years.  She was a daughter of 
  George W. and Elizabeth Harpster Gray.  The mother preceded Mrs. Bierly 
  to the grave about eighteen years ago.  Deceased was born at Spruce 
  Creek about 68 years ago.  In 1863 she was united in marriage at 
  Washington Furnace, to Israel Bierly who passed away two years ago last 
  May.  Surviving to mourn Mrs. Bierly's death are the following 
  children: Charles and George A., of Jersey Shore; John, of Loganton; 
  Mrs. George Johnson, of Lock Haven; Mrs. Clara Wagner, of Loganton; 
  also her father, George W. Gray, of Tyrone, and the following brothers 
  and sisters: James Gray, of Milesburg; Joseph Gray, of Pittsburg; Mrs. 
  B. F. Kyler, of Johnstown, and Mrs. Jacob Smith, of Tyrone.
    Funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. W. Karns at the Shirk home 
  on Twenty-second street, Monday evening at 8 o'clock.  The body was 
  taken to Loganton on Tuesday at 12.25 where other services were held 
  interment made.
  
  The Tyrone Herald, Tyrone, Pa., Thursday, March 20, 1913