OBIT: Isabelle (Engle) BANGS, 2006, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  BANGS, Isabelle (Engle) 04/08/06 Daily American 
  
  Isabelle (Engle) Bangs, 92, Ithaca, N.Y., died Dec. 15, 2005, at Cayuga Medical
  Center. Mrs. Bangs was born March 31, 1913 in Salisbury, a daughter of the late
  Irwin J. and Cora Newman Engle. She was the wife of the late Professor O.
  Ernest Bangs who died August 10, 1995. In addition to her husband and parents,
  Mrs. Bangs is predeceased by her brothers, John, Charles "Rip," Fred, Paul, and
  Dale Engle. Survivors include her two daughters, C (Dr. Gregory Matloff) Bangs,
  Brooklyn, N.Y.; and Christine (Dr. Joseph) Hall, Inverell, New South Wales,
  Australia; three grandchildren, Anna Hall (Jeremy) Andrews and Joshua Hall,
  both of Queensland, Australia; and Ashur Hall, Canberra, Australia; a niece,
  Dorothy James, Pennsylvania; and several other nieces and nephews. Mrs. Bangs
  was a member of the Congregational Church in Ithaca. Prior to her retirement in
  1972, she was a registered nurse at Sage Infirmary at Cornell University since
  1958. She obtained her bachelors degree in nursing from West Penn University
  and during World War II she worked as a nurse in a hospital in Providence, R.I.
  After retirement, Mrs. Bangs and Professor Bangs lived and worked at the Cornell
  branch of the School of Hotel Administration in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Burial
  will be Wednesday at Salisbury Cemetery in Salisbury. If desired, memorials may
  be made in Isabelle Engle Bangs' name to Hospicare in Ithaca. Arrangements were
  completed by the Herson Funeral Home in Ithaca, N.Y.