OBIT: Sarah (Landis) BITTNER, 1931, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA

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SARAH LANDIS BITTNER

  Mrs. Sarah Landis Bittner, wife of Herman Bittner, died at her home Sunday 
morning, April 26th, at 1:30 a.m., at the age of 76 years, 10 months and 10 
days.  She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson Landis and was born in 
Shanksville June 16, 1854.  She resided in Meyersdale for 52 years and was a 
member of Amity Reformed Church and a member of the Philathea Bible Class of 
that church.
  About seven weeks ago Mrs. Bittner fell on the floor in her home while 
covering the fires for the night and sustained a fractured hip as the result of 
the fall.  She had been getting along fairly well until last Monday when blood 
poisoning set in and she suffered a slight paralytic stroke.  She was 
practically unconscious from Wednesday until the time of her death.
  Mrs. Bittner is survived by her husband and the following children: Howard 
Bittner, of near Berlin; Mrs. John Gauntz, Harry J. Bittner and Mrs. David 
Lawson, Meyersdale; Wesley Bittner, Rockwood, and Lewis Bittner of Scottdale; 
also by twenty-four grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, one brother, John 
Brant, of Somerset, and one sister, Mrs. Ellen Engelka, of Berlin.  Four of her 
children preceded her in death.
  Funeral services were held in Amity Reformed Church at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon, 
her pastor, Rev. B. A. Black, officiating.  Interment was made in the Reformed 
Cemetery.  Her nephew, Undertaker Edward Landis, of Somerset, had charge of the 
funeral arrangements.

Meyersdale Republican, April 30, 1931