OBIT: Wilma E. (SWAUGER) RIZER BENNETT, 1989, of interest in Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Nancy Lorz Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ WILMA E. BENNETT Wilma E. Rizer Bennett, 70 of Cumberland, Md., died Wednesday, Aug. 2, 1989 at her residence. Born Nov. 15, 1918 in Fossilville, near Hyndman, she was the daughter of the late James H. and Lena V. (Holler) Swauger. She was a member of Christ Lutheran Church, Madley. She is survived by her husband, Melvin Bennett, who is a patient in the Cumberland Nursing Home; two sons: Walter H. Rizer, Hagerstown, Md.; and Roger E. Rizer, Cumberland, Md.; one daughter, Beverly L. Rizer James, with whom she resided; a stepdaughter, Bonnie Crosten, Cumberland, Md.; one brother, James H. Swauger, Buffalo Mills; three sisters: Eleanor Whitford and Dorothy Malloy, both of Buffalo Mills RD 1; and Marian Shaffer, Hyndman RD 1; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Friends were received at the Harvey Zeigler Funeral Home, Hyndman, where services were conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. by Gregory A. Berger, an intern pastor at Christ Lutheran Church. Interment, Lybarger Cemetery at Madley. The Republic, August 10, 1989 [B1144]