OBIT: Bessie E. (Tressler) BIRD, 2007, formerly of Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Barry and Betty Christy. jhurl@meyersdalelibrary.org Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ----------------------------------------------- BIRD, Bessie E. 12/14/07 Daily American Bessie E. Bird, 104, Beaver, formerly of Fort Hill, died Dec. 12, 2007, in Beaver. Born Dec. 19, 1902, in Fort Hill, a daughter of Elmer and Janie (Wiltrout) Tressler. Preceded in death by parents; husband, Glenn Bird; son, Harold Bird; brothers, Harvey and Clark Tressler; and sisters, Daisy Pearl Roberts, Edith Rose, Hazel Tissue and Florence Zac. Survived by son, Raymond Miller, Beaver Falls; brother, Calvin Tressler and sister, Gladys Jenkins, both of Confluence; and numerous nieces and nephews. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday the hour of service at Humbert Funeral Home, Confluence. The Rev. Dean Hay Jr. officiating. Interment St. Paul's Cemetery.