OBIT: Verna J. (COLBORN) BURNWORTH, 1999, Confluence, Somerset County, PA
  
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  BURNWORTH
  
    Verna J. Burnworth, 86, of Confluence, went to be with the Lord
  Aug. 23, 1999, at the home of her granddaughter, Sandra Fritz of
  Hookstown.  She was born June 26, 1913, in Lower Turkeyfoot Township,
  a daughter of the late William and Lola (Brougher) Colborn.  In
  addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, H.
  Fred Burnworth, an infant son and sisters, Miriam Rodahaver and Louise
  Byrd.  She is survived by daughters Myrna Bender and her husband,
  Robert, and Dorothy Harter and her husband, Paul, all of Confluence;
  grandchildren, Susan Cramer and her husband, James, of Stoystown,
  Sandra Fritz and her husband, Ernest Jr., of Hookstown, and Michael
  Harter and his friend, Elaine and her son, Bradley, of Rushville,
  N.Y.; and a great-grandson, Arin Fritz.  She was a retired employee
  of Somerset State Hospital and a member of Johnson Chapel United
  Methodist Church, Ursina American Legion Auxiliary, Great Crossings
  Chapter D.A.R. and the Confluence Rebekah Lodge.  Friends will be
  received from 2-9 p.m. today at the Humbert Funeral Home, Confluence,
  where services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Timothy
  Rogers officiating.  Interment, Jersey Cemetery.  Family suggests
  memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society or UPMC-Beaver
  Valley Hospice.
  
  Daily American, August 24, 1999
  
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