OBIT: Serepta Jane "Baumy" (BOWEN) BAUMGARTNER, 1988, Salisbury, 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/ _______________________________________________ BAUMGARTNER Serepta Jane (Baumy) Baumgartner, 85, of Salisbury, died Dec. 10, 1988, Meyersdale Community Hospital. Born May 17, 1903, in Hendersonville, N.C., daughter of the late Mark M. and Florence (Shephard) Bowen. Preceded in death by her husband, Ellet S. Baumgartner. Survived by one stepdaughter, Lydia B. Graff of Medina, Ohio; three step-grandchildren and four step-great-grandchildren. Graduated from the Baltimore Hospital School of Nursing, Ashville N.C. She worked as a registered nurse at the Mission Hospital, Ashville; the Good Samaritan Hospital Cincinnati; the Lutheran Home at Moorestown, N.J.; and the Meyersdale Community Hospital. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church of Salisbury and the Salisbury Fireman's Auxiliary. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday (today) at Thomas Funeral Home, Salisbury, with the Rev. David E. Fetter officiating. Interment, Salisbury Cemetery. Family suggests expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the Meyersdale Community Hospital. Daily American, December 12, 1988 [B0691]