OBIT: Ruth (BALDWIN) CHRISTNER, 1972, Shanksville, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Kerry L. Miller. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ MRS. CLINTON C. CHRISTNER Mrs. Ruth Christner, 79, Shanksville, died Jan. 17, 1972, in Berlin. Born Jan. 21, 1892, in Berlin, she was a daughter of Edwin and Cora (Walker) Baldwin. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Clinton C. Christner; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Wambaugh; an infant son and two brothers. Surviving are these children: Edwin and Gene, both of Shanksville; Mrs. William (Evelyn) Hillegass and Mrs. Fred (Betty) Knupp, both of Somerset; and Mrs. Dwight (Marjorie) Maust. Berlin; also 12 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Albright and Mrs. Vera Davis, both of Somerset; and Mrs. Catherine Adams, Johnstown. She was a member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Shanksville. Funeral service will be held this (Thursday) afternoon in Charles R. Deaner Funeral Home, Stoystown, with Rev. Herbert G. Hohman officiating. Interment in Walker Cemetery, Shanksville. Meyersdale Republican, January 20, 1972 [C0421]