Franklin County PA Archives Obituaries.....Hege, Mary "Mollie" Pittman  October 13, 1899
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The Fulton County news. (McConnellsburg, Pa.): November 09, 1899
Death of Aunt Mollie Hege.
Death of Well Known Woman.
It is with feelings of deepest sorrow that we received the death of Mrs. Mary
Pittman Hege, which occurred at her home near Dickey's Station, Franklin county,
Pa., on Friday evening, October 13. The deceased was the daughter of Joseph Pittman
of Timber Ridge, Fulton county, and the wife of the late John Hege of Ayr township.
Her age was seventy-four years and eight months and she is survived by one sister,
Mrs. George Morton, of Belfast township.
Mrs. Hege was the mother of nine children, six of whom survive her: Rev. Jacob
Basore, of Iowa; Mrs. John Myers, of Little Cove, and Miss Lottie Basore, at home,
children of a former husband. Mr. Daniel Basore, and Mrs. Tobias Glazer, of Webster
Mills, and Joseph and Harmon Hege of Franklin county, children of a later marriage
with Mr. John Hege.
Mrs. Hege was in her usual health until the Sunday preceding her death, which
occurred from hernia from which she had suffered for many years.
She was buried in the Union Cemetery on Sabbath afternoon. Elder C. L. Funk
officiating.
Until within a few years, the home of Mrs. Hege, or "Aunt Mollie" as she was
affectionately called, was in the "Corner," although few women were more extensively
and favorably known throughout the county.
She was a life-long member of the Baptist church and by close study, attained a
wonderful knowledge of the Bible.
To her husband she was a faithful wife and wise counselor, to her children a loving
and self-sacrificing mother, practicing the severest self denial for their
educational advancement. As a neighbor, she gave of herself most ungrudgingly, never
unheeding the call, day or night, to comfort the sick, or relieve the suffering - of
times taking the place of a physician until he could arrive.
Her feet ran on willing errands, and her hands did cheerful service in humblest
places, through love to Christ and his helpless poor - cheerful and witty in
conversation - a good talker and possessing a remarkable memory. She had a good fund
of information, and could recall with precision, the local happenings of almost
three-quarters of a century.

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