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Genevieve Orendorff

 Genevieve Grace Snyder Oren-
dorff, 81, of Indiana, died Monday,
Dec. 1, 1997, at the Indiana Hospital.
 She was born in Wenatchee,
Wash., on April 8, 1916, the daughter
of Robert Jacob and Ellen Grace
Snyder.
 Mrs. Orendorff was a member of
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Roman
Catholic Church in Indiana. She
graduated from Central Washington
College of Education in Ellensburg,
Wash. She had worked as a librarian
at the Yakima Public Library in
Yakima, Wash., and had taught
elementary education in Alfa, Wash.
 Mrs. Orendorff was a member of
the Dames Club at Glenville State
College and at Indiana State Teach-
ers College (now IUP). She was the
recipient of the diamond pin award
as an Avon representative.
 Surviving are her brother, James
Richard Snyder and wife Betty and
family, Long Branch, N.J.; 12 chil-
dren: Harry and wife Carole, Hous-
ton, Texas; Jo Anne Peterson,
Homer City; Patricia Smith, Tndi-
ana; Mary Beth Orendorff, Charles-
ton, W. Va.; Richard, Indiana;
Judith Adams, Indiana; Thomas
and wife Katherine, Houston, Tex-
as; Catherine Nolen and husband
Donald, Sterling, Va.; David, Lake
Hughes, Cal.; Debra Henninger and
husband Warren, Indiana; Roberta
Borgo and husband Robert Jr., Ir-
win; and Lori Layer and husband
Joseph, Pittsburgh.
  Also surviving are 29 grandchil-
 dren: Kristofer Orendorff and wife
 Rebecca; Matthew Orendorff; Kim-
 berly Atherton and husband Craig;
 Kelly Carley and husband William;
 Karyn Jones and husband Howard;
 Kathleen Zuchelli and husband Ja-
 mie; Richard Peterson, Ted Smith
 and wife Pamela; Stacey Carmo and
 husband Thomas; Lisa Spencer and
 husband Eugene; Thomas Smith
 and wife Julie; Robert Smith, Julie
 Orendorff, Stephanie Adams, Paula
 Lugo and husband Ray; Gregory,
 John, William and Christine Oren-
 dorff; Elizabeth, Jason, Patrick and
 James Nolen; Michael, Brian, Jona-
 than and Daniel Henninger; Robert
 Borgo III and Jennifer Borgo.
  Also surviving are 14 great-grand-
 children: Lindsey Atherton, David,
 Shawn and Andrew Carley; Melissa
 and Laura Jones; Aaron Zuchelli,
 Charlie Smith, Ashley, Kaitlyn
 Grace and Shannon Carmo; Britta-
 ny, Jacob and Justin Spencer.
  She was preceded in death by her
 parents; husband, Dr. Haroid S.
 Orendorff (former: Dean of Fine Arts
 at IUP) who died in 1974; and a
 brother, Vincent Vernon Snyder.
  Visitation will be private. A funer-
 al mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m.
 Saturday at the St. Bernard of
 Clairvaux Church in Indiana. Inter-
 ment will be in the church cemetery.
  Memorial contributions may be
 made to the Visiting Nurses Associa-
 tion, 119 Professional Center, or to
 the Meals on Wheels ofIndiana, 534
Rear Philadelphia Street, or to the
Newman Center, 1200 Oakland Ave.,
Indiana, PA 15701.