OBIT: Edith (LANDERKIN) BLACK, 1944, formerly of Somerset County, PA

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EDITH LANDERKIN BLACK

  News was received in Meyersdale last Saturday of the death of an esteemed 
former resident here, Mrs. James H. Black, on August 7th, in Ontario, Canada.  
She suddenly became quite ill while at a bathing beach near her home and died 
within a few hours.
  Mrs. Black, whose maiden name was Edith Landerkin, came to Meyersdale about 35 
years ago, as a professional nurse, from Listowell, Ontario, and was employed by 
the late James H. Black to nurse his invalid wife, who died after a long and 
lingering illness.
  After the death of his wife, Mr. Black, who was a well-known and prosperous 
local insurance agent, and was childless, prevailed upon Miss Landerkin to 
remain with him as his housekeeper.  The arrangement proved mutually 
satisfactory and Miss Landerkin eventually became Mr. Black's second wife.  They 
lived together very happily until his sudden death a few years after their 
marriage.
  The widow lived here alone for several years in the comfortable home left her 
by her husband, but longing for association with her kinfolks, she eventually 
disposed of her property here and returned to Canada, to make her home with her 
sister, Miss Addie Landerkin, and a niece, Miss Dorothy Wilson, in Toronto.
  Funeral arrangements were held in the Landerkin home in Toronto, August 9th.

Meyersdale Republican, August 24, 1944