OBIT: Ruth D. (DICKEY) BROESEKER, 1983, native of 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/ _______________________________________________ RUTH D. BROESEKER Ruth D. Broeseker, 89, of 453 Columbia St., Cumberland, Md., formerly of Berlin RD 3, died Dec. 26, 1983, at Memorial Hospital, Cumberland. She was born April 7, 1894, in Brothersvalley Township, daughter of Morgan and Emma (Stuck) Dickey. She was preceded in death by parents; her husband, Edward R. in 1964; and a son, Dickey L. in 1978; three sisters; and two brothers. She is survived by two daughters: Mrs. Robert (Joan) Thom, Cumberland, with whom Mrs. Broeseker resided; Mrs. Earl (Jean) Shiery, Cleveland, Ohio; eight grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Ada Duppstadt, Grantsville, Md. She was a member of Mt. Zion (Hay's) United Church of Christ, First Society of Farm Women and a charter member of Hillcrest Grange. Friends were received at the Johnson-Kuhlman Funeral Home, Berlin, where services were held with the Rev. Daniel J. Whitacre officiating. Interment, Hay's Church Cemetery. The Republic, December 29, 1983 [B2788]