OBIT: Myrtle Estella (GLOTFELTY) BROADWATER, 1945, of interest in Somerset 
County, PA

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MYRTLE ESTELLA BROADWATER

  GRANTSVILLE, Md., Apr. 11 - This community was shocked by the sudden death of 
Mrs. Myrtle Estella Broadwater, wife of Nevin U. Broadwater, shortly after being 
stricken with a heart attack at her home on Thursday evening, April 5th, at 
5:30.  She apparently was well when she was stricken.
  She was the daughter of the late F. Josephine and Elizabeth (Spiker) 
Glotfelty, and was born at Bittinger, Md., April 12, 1896.
  She was graduated at the Friendsville High School in 1918 and was later 
employed as clerk in G. Broadwater & Sons' store in Grantsville.
  She married Nevin U. Broadwater, Oct. 1920.  Surviving are her husband, two 
sons, David, in the Navy at Bainbridge, Md., and Richard, at home, and one 
grandson, Ronald Broadwater; also two sisters, Mrs. Nell Stricker of Finksburg, 
Md., and three brothers, Orval, Elwood and Kermit, of Bittinger, Md., and Mrs. 
June Beachy, a foster sister.
  Mrs. Broadwater was a faithful and active member of the Lutheran Church.  She 
was president of the Missionary Society for a number of years and recently 
became a life member of the society.
  She was past president of the Grantsville Women's Community Club, and an 
active member for years.  She completed the Women's Short Course at the 
University of Maryland.
  Her personality was quiet and unassuming, but she made many friends in the 
community.
  Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 4:30.  Her pastor, Rev. G. 
E. Bowersox, and former pastor, Rev. S. D. Sigler, of Dubois, Pa., officiated.  
They both paid high tribute to the fine Christian life of Mrs. Broadwater.  
Duets, "Rock of Ages" and "Meet Me in Heaven," were sung by Mrs. Harry Yommer 
and Mrs. Harry Hoover.
  The funeral was largely attended, and the floral tributes were many and 
beautiful.  The pallbearers were Harvey Gortner, Sam Hanft and Harold Miller, 
members of the Lutheran Church, and Harry O. Miller, O. J. Glotfelty and Paul 
Kinsinger, of the Evangelical and Reformed Church.  The members of the 
Missionary Society acted as a guard of honor at the home and at the grave, 
reciting the society's closing prayer.  Interment was made in the Grantsville 
cemetery.
  Out of town relatives and friends who attended the obsequies were: David 
Broadwater, A/S, Bainbridge, Md.; Mrs. David Broadwater and son, Ronald, 
Baltimore; Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Wiley and children, Reisterstown; Mrs. Samuel 
Stricker and daughter, Finksburg; Mr. and Mrs. Orval Glotfelty and children, and 
Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Glotfelty and children, Bittinger; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde 
Poling, Fairmont, W.Va.; Mrs. Ida Friend and son, Emmett, and Mr. and Mrs. L. L. 
Friend and son, and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Friend, Friendsville; Hillary Broadwater 
and Mr. and Mrs. Roland Stonesiter, Union Bridge; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hetrick, H. 
H. Maust, Mrs. A. E. Livengood and Bayard Maust, Salisbury, Pa.; Miss Wilma 
Mathews, Mrs. Nevin Warnick and Misses Miriam and Rhea Hetrick, Baltimore; Mrs. 
Nelle Zellers and Mrs. James Lemmert, Frostburg.

Meyersdale Republican, April 12, 1945