OBIT: Leona E. (Geiger) BITTNER, 2005, native 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/ ----------------------------------------------- Bittner, Leona E. 11/20/05 Daily American Leona E. Bittner, 98, Geneva, Ohio, died Nov. 18, 2005, at home with her son, Paul and daughter, Mary. Born May 30, 1907, in Sand Patch, a daughter of the late Henry and Susan (Suder) Geiger. Also preceded in death by her husband Glenn in 1991 and five sisters and three brothers. Leona is survived by four children: Paul Bittner, Geneva, Ohio; Marry Bittner, Geneva, Ohio; William Bittner, Cookeville, Tenn., and Virginia Welker, Geneva, Ohio; also five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Friends will be received 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Price Funeral Home, Meyersdale. Service will be conducted 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Mount Carmel Lutheran Church (White Oak). The Rev. Glenn Foster officiating. Interment, White Oak Cemetery. Arrangements by William Rowe Price Funeral Home Inc., Meyersdale. BITTNER, Leona E. 11/18/05 The New Republic May 30, 1907 - November 18, 2005 Leona E. Bittner, 98, of Geneva, Ohio, died Friday, November 18, 2005, at home with her son Paul and daughter Mary. Born May 30, 1907, in Sand Patch, she was a daughter of the late Henry and Susan (Suder) Geiger. She was also preceded in death by her husband Glenn in 1991; and five sisters and three brothers. Leona is survived by four children: Paul Bittner, Geneva; Mary Bittner, Geneva; William Bittner, Cookeville, TN; and Virginia Welker, Geneva; also five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Friends were received 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at the Price Funeral Home, Meyersdale. Service was conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church (White Oak) with the Rev. Glenn Foster officiating. Interment, White Oak Cemetery. Arrangements by the William Rowe Price Funeral Home, Inc., Meyersdale.