OBIT: Hester (MEYERS) CAMPBELL, 1973, formerly of Confluence, Somerset County, PA

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  MRS. HARRY L. CAMPBELL
  
  Hester (Meyers) Campbell, 80 of Stamford, Conn., formerly of Confluence and
  Meyersdale, died June 10, 1973 in Greenwish (Conn.) Hospital.  Born Aug. 11
  1892, in Meyersdale, she was daughter of the late Charles Peter and Annie
  (Berkley) Meyers.  She was preceded in dead by her husband, Harry Lorne
  Campbell, in 1957; also by her parents; a sister, Mrs. Florence Meyers West,
  of Ithaca, N. Y., and a brother, Berkley Meyers of Somerset.
  Surviving are a daughter, Miss Annie Lorne Campbell, of Stamford, Conn.; and
  a sister, Mrs. Catherine Billings, of Racine, Wis.
  Mrs. Campbell formerly taught school here and in Confluence.  She was born
  here in the property which has since become Maple Manor, and had recently
  contributed some of the early furnishings of the homstead to the Maple
  Festival here.  She was a great-granddaughter of Peter Meyers, for whom
  Meyersdale was named.
  She was a member of Christ Episcopal Church in Greenwich, Conn., where she
  was a resident for many years prior to her recent move to Stamford; and also
  belonged to the Great Crossing Chapter of the DAR in Addison, and to the
  American Legion Auxiliary.
  Funeral service was held Wednesday afternoon in Humbert Funeral Home,
  Confluence, with Rev. William Tafel of St. Francis in the Fields officiating.
  A memorial service and interment was held in Union Cemetery, Meyersdale.
  
  Meyersdale Republican, June 14, 1973
  
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