Delaware Co. PAGenWeb Archives Obituaries - A. Merion (nee Yarnall) HABBERSETT, 1957 Contributed to PAGenWeb Archives by Nancy Annie Odegard - Nurse73NAO@aol.com ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ HABBERSETT, A. Merion (nee Yarnall) 1957 08 April 1957 Monday Chester Times MERION HABBERSETT Business Partner's Wife MEDIA -- Mrs. A. MERION HABBERSETT, 63, wife of E. HARPER HABBERSETT, Jr., a partner in the meat business bearing the family name, died yesterday in Presbyterian Hospital, Philadelphia. Mrs. HABBERSETT was stricken suddenly Thursday, although she had been suffering from a heart ailment for several months. Born in Lima, she was the daughter of the late WALKER Y. and ANNIE YARNALL. Mrs. HABBERSETT, who lived at Middletown and Knowlton rds., had resided in the Middletown area all of her life. A lifelong member of Lima Methodist Church, she had been active in all the woman's organizations and had taught Sunday School at the church. In addition Mrs. HABBERSETT was a member of Lima Woman's Club and the Country Gardeners. Extremely interested in flowers, she had won several awards for exhibits in various flower shows. Mrs. HABBERSETT also had a fine collection of antiques. In addition to her husband, whose family founded the HABBERSETT business in 1863, she is survived by a son, EDGAR R. of WaWa and four grandchildren. Services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the J. Nelson Rigby Funeral Home, Baltimore av. and Jackson st., Media. Rev. Benjamin GOULD, pastor of Lima Methodist, will officiate. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow night. This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/delaware/obits/h/habbersett-amy.txt