OBIT: Marion Ferne (BAKER) BUCHANAN, 1974, Somerset RD, 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/ _______________________________________________ BUCHANAN Marion Ferne Buchanan, 73, Somerset RD 1, died Feb. 8 in Somerset Community Hospital. Born in Stoystown, Dec. 23, 1900, a daughter of Dr. M.H. and Elizabeth Hertzler Baker. Preceded in death by husband, Clyde W., two infant daughters, one son, Larry, a daughter, Virginia, and a brother, H.H. Baker. Survived by these children: James W., Bristol, Pa., Harold M., Levittown, Pa.; Vernon E., Fairless Hills; William R., Irwin; Mrs. Shirley Gerhard, Somerset; Mrs. Arlene Lohr and Mrs. Joan Gresh, Yardley; Miss Betty Jane, Mercersville, N.J.; Mrs. Geraldine Humbert, Somerset RD 1; and Mrs. Donna DiNardo, Vandergrift. Twenty-nine grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren. Three sisters, Mrs. Frances Lambert and Mrs. Grace Baker, Reading, and Mrs. Alberta Lambert, Stoystown RD 3. Was a member of Listie Lutheran Church. Friends will be received after 7 p.m. Saturday in Robert H. Halverson Funeral Home, where service will be conducted Monday at 1 p.m., Rev. James R. Ling officiating. Interment, Somerset County Memorial Park. Daily American, February 9, 1974 [B3057]