OBIT: Emma C. (CORNELIUS) McCLAIN, 2000, native of Huntingdon County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mike Gifford Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm __________________________________________ Emma C. McClain Emma C. "Jane" McClain, 86, formerly of Cassville, Pa. and more recently of North Canton, Ohio, died at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2000 at her home. Funeral services were held Sunday, Nov. 12, at the Calvary Independent Baptist Church, Saltillo with Rev. William Berkheiser, Rev. David Ford and Rev. Thomas Maurer officiating. Interment was in the Cassville Cemetery. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Robert I. McClain Funeral Home, Cassville. Born Nov. 5, 1914 at Saltillo, she was a daughter of the late Miles W. and Alice (Smyers) Cornelius. She was united in marriage to Robert I. McClain on Dec. 25, 1939 at Saltillo. Mr. McClain survives at their home. Also surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Myron and Peggy McClain, of North Canton, Ohio, and three grandchildren, Amanda, Matthew and Andrew. Two sisters survive, Mildred Crum of Cassville and Ruth Hales of Venice, Ha. One daughter, Sarah Louise McClain, one brother, Ralph Cornelius, and five sisters, Mabel Cornelius, Laura Kelly, Mary Bysher, Ethel Ford and Elma Crotsley preceded her in death. She graduated from Saltillo High School in 1932, received her Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and Masters of Education from Shippensburg State Teachers College in 1958 and taught in the Southern Huntingdon County School District for 30 years. Mrs. McClain was a member of the Calvary Independent Baptist Church of Saltillo, where she served many years as church organist. She was also a member of the Huntingdon Chapter 159 Order of the Eastern Star, the Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees and the Huntingdon County Retired Teachers Association. The Valley Log, Orbisonia, PA, November 15, 2000