OBIT: Olive M. (VanGilder) BRODE, 2007, Somerset, 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/ ----------------------------------------------- BRODE, Olive M. 01/26/07 Daily American Olive M. Brode, 92, Somerset, died Jan. 24, 2007, in Somerset Hospital. Born May 11, 1914, in Fairmont, W.Va., the daughter of the late Blaine and Victoria (Broadwater) VanGilder. Also preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Brode; brother, Donald E. VanGilder; sister, Virginia Billie Platt; and nephew, Donnie VanGilder. Survived by her loving family, Bob Platt and wife, Barb, Stow, Ohio; Wanda Dean, Mansfield, Ohio; Mary Ann Hopkins and husband, Ken, Stow, Ohio; John Platt and wife, Lisa, Hudson, Ohio; Krista Ciccozzi and husband, Tony, Acworth, Ga., Karen Adamoski and husband, Ed, Greensburg; Vicki Menhorn and husband, Paul, Berlin; David VanGilder and wife Connie, Berlin; and Dee VanGilder, Berlin; sister-inlaw, Cathie VanGilder, Berlin; and 12 great-nieces and nephews and a great great- niece and great-great-nephew. Member of St. Peter's Catholic Church and the Altar Society, the Ridge Homemakers, Senior Citizens of Berlin and the Valley Senior Extension. Friends received 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in the Robert H. Halverson Funeral Home, where a wake service will be held 2 p.m. Friday. A funeral Mass will be held 11 a.m. Saturday in St. Peter's Catholic Church. Monsignor Samuel J. Tomaselli celebrant. Committal in Somerset County Memorial Park. BRODE, Olive M. 02/01/2007 The New Republic May 11, 1914 January 24, 2007 Olive M. Brode, 92, of Somerset, died January 24, 2007 in Somerset Hospital. She was born May 11, 1914, in Fairmont, WV, the daughter of the late Blaine and Victoria (Broadwater) VanGilder. Also preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Brode; brother, Donald E. VanGilder; sister, Virginia Billie Platt and nephew, Donnie VanGilder. Survived by her loving family, Bob Platt and wife Barb, Stow, OH; Wanda Dean, Mansfield, OH; Mary Ann Hopkins and husband Ken, Stow, OH; John Platt and wife Lisa, Hudson, OH; Krista Ciccozzi and husband Tony, Acworth, GA; Karen Adamoski and husband Ed, Greensburg; Vicki Menhorn and husband Paul, Berlin; David VanGilder and wife Connie, Berlin; Dee VanGilder, Berlin. Sister-In-Law, Cathie VanGilder, Berlin and twelve great nieces and nephews and a great great niece and great great nephew. She was a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church and the Altar Society, the Ridge Homakers, Senior Citizens of Berlin and the Valley Senior Extension. Friends were received 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in the Robert H. Halverson Funeral Home where a wake service was held at 2 p.m. Friday. A funeral mass was held at 11 a.m. Saturday in St. Peter's Catholic Church with Monsignor Samuel J. Tomaselli Celebrant. Committal in Somerset County Memorial Park.