OBIT: Marie Martha (Sellers) BLUESTONE, 2007, formerly 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/ ----------------------------------------------- BLUESTONE, Marie Martha Sellers 11/13/07 Daily American Marie Martha (Sellers) Bluestone, died Nov. 11, 2007, at the Baptist Home, Pittsburgh. Born July 31, 1921, the second daughter of the late W. Blaine and Ada M. (Tressler) Sellers. Preceded in death by her husband, Isadore Bluestone in 1976. She is survived by two sisters, Elaine S. Meyers, Pensacola, Fla.; Lois and Roger Bowman, Deep Creek, Md., and Lake Placid, Fla.; and the Rev. Max W. Sellers and Dorothy, Kettering, Ohio. She also leaves nephews and nieces, Kenneth Hamilton, Nancy N. Thomas, Eric W. Sellers and J. Ellen Holt. Marie was a 1939 graduate of Meyersdale High School and graduated from York Business College. She completed two years of study at the University of Pittsburgh. She was employed for 10 years in the U.S. Ordinance Department at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., served as administrative assistant to the Director of Safety of the City of Boston. Later she moved to Pittsburgh and managed several medical practices before being appointed as hostess of Heinz Chapel at the University of Pittsburgh, a position she held for 24 years. Upon retirement, she was given a ballroom farewell. Friends will be received 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday, to be followed by a service of remembrance and thanksgiving. Interment in Meyersdale Area Union Cemetery. Memorial gifts may be made to First United Methodist Church, Meyersdale. Arrangements by the M. Ray Leckemby Funeral Home.