OBIT: Reba M. (O'BAKER) BARNDT, 1998, Friedens, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Patty Millich and proofread by Alice James Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ BARNDT Reba M. Barndt, 83, of Friedens, died Oct. 23, 1998, at home. Born Oct. 5, 1915, in Boswell, daughter of Frank and Mary Jane (O'Neil) O'Baker. Preceded in death by parents; husband, Ernest, son, Thomas; sister, Ada Edmondson; brothers, Frank and Charles O'Baker; 14 step-brothers and step-sisters. Survived by these children: John, married to the former Catherine Pugh, and Robert, married to the former Deanna Uphouse, both of Friedens; Ernest Jr., married to the former Frances McCloskey, Eagle River, Alaska; Ada Perry of Arlington, Va.; and daughter-in-law, Shirley Barndt of Friedens; 21 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; sister-in-law Helen Ibinson of Pittsburgh; cousin Margaret Anderson of Boswell; and numerous nieces and nephews. Member of St. Peter's Catholic Church, Somerset. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Peter's Catholic Church, Somerset, Msgr. Samuel J. Tomaselli officiating. Interment, Mount Carmel Cemetery, Jenner Crossroads. Daily American, Oct. 26, 1998 [B0451]