OBIT: Emma M. (Poorbaugh) BITTNER, 1931, native of Somerset County, Pa

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EMMA M. BITTNER

  The news of the sudden death of Mrs. Emma M. Bittner, Wednesday morning, Dec. 
30, came as a sudden shock to her family and friends.  Although she had been ill 
for many years, her condition seemed no worse than usual, when suddenly 
Wednesday morning she became very ill and died before help could be summoned.
  Mrs. Bittner was the daughter of Jacob and Harriet Poorbaugh of Northampton 
Township.  She was born Aug. 25, 1866.  She became a member of the Mt. Lebanon 
Reformed Church Nov. 14, 1880, under the jurisdiction of Rev. Lewis D. Steckel; 
later her membership was removed to the Glencoe Reformed Church.  She was a 
faithful member of this denomination for fifty-one years.
  She was united in marriage to Benjamin F. Bittner of Glencoe, Nov. 14, 1889. 
To this union were born twelve children, nine of whom survive to mourn her loss:  
Nelson J., of Akron, Ohio; George H., of Connellsville; Howard R., of Mt. 
Savage, Md.; Foster L., of Ellerslie, Md.; Mrs. C. B. Bittner, of Glencoe; Mrs. 
S. W. Bittner, of Meyersdale, and Ruth, Hilda and Eugena, at home.  She leaves 
also seventeen grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. E. E. Boger, of Hays Mill.  
Her husband preceded her to the grave by exactly five years.
  While she has gone away only to enjoy continued and deeper felicities of her 
immortal realities, there remains a vacancy in her home and community which 
cannot be filled.  She was an esteemed, loving, sympathetic, congenial and 
devoted mother, deeply concerned as a home builder, always keenly interested in 
all her family responsibilities, discharging the same with fidelity.
  She was permeated with the spirit of love and this was shown wherever want or 
human needs were prevalent.  She was always ready to render such aid as was 
within her power to give, even at times under heavy strain or at a sacrifice.  
She possessed sterling motherly qualities that were highly commendable and the 
loss of which will be the most keenly felt by her immediate family.
  Funeral services were conducted at Glencoe at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, by her 
pastor, Rev. J. E. Gindlesperger.  Interment in Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, in charge 
of Johnson & Son of Berlin.

Meyersdale Republican, January 7, 1932