OBIT: Faye Elizabeth "Betty" (CRITCHFIELD) BOWER, 1996, Confluence, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Sally. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ BOWER Faye Elizabeth "Betty" Bower, 76, of Confluence, died Jan. 4, 1996, in Ursina. She was born Nov. 13, 1919, in Ursina, a daughter of the late James A. and Elizabeth (Miller) Critchfield. She was preceded in death by her husband, James E.; an infant son, David, five brothers and two sisters. She is survived by two daughters, Elizabeth Ann Collins of Ursina and Margaret Jane Thomas of Culloden, W.Va.; three sons, James A., Confluence, Thomas W., Somerset, and Joseph C. of Milford, Ohio, 15 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, and a sister, Margaret French of Seabrook, Texas. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and L.C.W. of Confluence; Confluence Homemakers and the Fire Ladies auxiliary. Friends will be received from 1 to 9 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, at the Humbert Funeral Home in Confluence. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday from Trinity Lutheran Church, with the Rev. George Mason officiating. Interment, Ursina Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church Memorial Fund. Daily American, January 6, 1996 [B2093]