OBIT: Barbara BITNER, 1932, of interest in Somerset and Fayette County, PA

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BARBARA BITNER

  Mrs. Barbara Bitner, relict of Ananias Bitner, died last Sunday at 2 o'clock 
a.m. at the family home located in Bullskin Township, near Pennsville, Fayette 
County, in her 87th year.
  Mrs. Bitner, who was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Staub, pioneer 
residents of this section, was a native of Meyers Mills, now Meyersdale, and was 
born in the house on Main Street now occupied by the only remaining member of 
the family, Mrs. Eliza Diveley, the "Grand Old Lady" of Meyersdale, now in her 
89th year.  She was preceded to the grave by two brothers and one sister, John 
and Henry Staub and Mrs. Bernhard Smith, all one-time residents of Meyersdale.
  Mrs. Bitner is survived by the following sons and daughters:  Mrs. John 
Detweiler, Pennsville; Mrs. Joseph Anglo, Connellsville; Mrs. H. F. Hannel, 
Melbourne, Fla.; and Elmer, William and Frank Bitner, all of Pennsville.
  Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon in the Mount Olive Baptist 
Church, near Pennsville, interment being made in the Church Cemetery.
  Mrs. Bitner was well known by the older residents of Meyersdale, and though 
having been for many years a resident of Fayette County, she frequently visited 
her sister, Mrs. Diveley.
  Those from here who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Staub and 
daughters, Anna and Verna; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Diveley, Miss Emma Smith, Miss 
Betty Diveley and H. C. Staub.

Meyersdale Republican, June 23, 1932