OBIT: Bessie Leora (HARTGE) BENNING, 1977, Fairhope RD, 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/ _______________________________________________ BESSIE BENNING Mrs. Bessie Leora Benning, 72, Fairhope RD 1, died December 29, 1976 in Meyersdale Community Hospital. Born May 28, 1904 in Bedford County, she was a daughter of the late Fredrick and Lizzie (Brick) Hartge. Preceded in death by her husband, William H. in 1973 and one son, she is survived by these children: James, Ralph, Leona, Chaney and Kenneth, all of Fairhope RD 1; Merle, Rockwood RD 2; 23 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Sister of Mrs. Emma Robb, Fairhope RD 1. Friends were received in the Johnson and Son Funeral Home, Berlin, where services were held with the Rev. A. C. Tasker officiating. Interment, Miller Cemetery, Fairhope RD 1. Meyersdale Republican, January 6, 1977. [B1148]