OBIT: Esther C. BREIG, 1977, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Richard Boyer Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ ESTHER C. BREIG Esther C. Breig, 80, of 127 Olinger Street, Meyersdale, who taught 48 years in the Meyersdale Elementary School, died July 22 in Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland. Miss Breig taught many hundreds of boys and girls. Many of them became doctors, lawyers, ministers, business people and staunch citizens. She retired at the age of 70 in 1967. She was born April 13, 1897, in her home at 127 Olinger Street, where she lived with her family all her life. She was the daughter of Alice Tedrow and Peter Breig. Miss Breig was a graduate of Meyersdale High School and of the University of Indiana. She was a life long member of Sts. Philip and James Catholic Church. She was a member of PSEA and the State and National Retired Teachers Association. She was preceded in death by her mother, father, Sarah Ambrose, Mary and Richard. She is survived by Mamie and Richard Breig's children: Helen Arnold, Mary Elizabeth Schardt, Alice Elane White, Doris Lish, all of York, Pa.; Gertrude Baker, of Berlin; Paul Breig and Eugene Breig, of Irwin, and by fourteen great nieces and nephews. Friends were received at Leckemby Funeral Home. Rosary was prayed at 8:30 p.m. Monday. The funeral mass was celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Sts. Philip and James Church by Father Clark George. Interment was in Sts. Philip and James Cemetery. Daily American, July 25, 1977 [B2595]