OBIT: Agnes (Baer) CATON, 1932, Meyersdale R.D. 4, Somerset County, PA 

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AGNES CATON

  Meyersdale, R.D. 4, June 14 - Mrs. Wilson Caton passed to her final reward, 
Saturday afternoon, the 11th inst., aged 65 years, 3 months and 4 days.  The 
cause of her death was plurapneumonia. 
  Owing to her brief illness, her death came as a shock to her many friends.  
Before her marriage she was Miss Agnes Baer, a daughter of the late Elisha and 
Polly Baer, and was the wife of Wilson Caton.
  Mrs. Caton lived an exemplary life, and died as she lived, at peace with all 
the world, and with God.  She was a constant worshipper, and practically a 
lifelong member of the Greenville Lutheran Church.  She was accustomed to attend 
the services of her church whenever her health would permit.
  Mrs. Caton leaves to mourn her departure her husband, and the following 
children:  William, of Berkley's Mills; Mrs. Annie Lottig and Mrs. Alice Lottig, 
of Larimer Township; Mrs. Margaret Judy, of Somerset; John and Mrs. Leila 
Bittner, of Mt. Savage, Md.; Harry, at home; Mrs. Alma Cook, of Meyersdale, and 
George, of Pocahontas.  Two girls preceded their mother in death.  There also 
are 29 grandchildren to mourn the loss of a loving grandmother.  Brothers and 
sisters as follows, also survive:  William, Owen, and Andrew Baer, Mrs. Balinda 
Miller, Mrs. Maggie Houston, Mrs. Annie Arnold, and Mrs. Savilla Sass. Two 
sisters and one brother preceded her in death.
  The body lay in state at the Greenville Lutheran Church from 9:30 to 10:00 
o'clock, Tuesday morning, at which time her pastor, Rev. S. D. Seigler, 
conducted the funeral services.  The burial arrangements were in charge of 
Funeral Director W. C. Price of Meyersdale.  Interment in the Greenville Church 
Cemetery.
  Mrs. Caton very tenderly cared for her mother who was an invalid for many 
years.

Meyersdale Republican, June 16, 1932