OBIT: Virginia I. (AHERN) CLINE, 2004, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  VIRGINIA I. CLINE
  
  Virginia I. Cline, 94, of Connellsville, died Jan. 6, 2004, in Highlands
  Hospital, Connellsville.  She was born July 20, 1909, in Chicago, Ill., a
  daughter of the late James D. and Catherine Egan Ahern.  In addition to her
  parents she was predeceased by her husband Charles C. Cline in 1977; and
  infant son, Charles Cline 1947; three brothers, John, James and William
  Ahern and four sisters, Eileen Ahern, Frances Larrabee, Kathryn Linmerick,
  Lucille Henderson and Geraldine McAteer.  She is survived by six children,
  James A. Cline and his wife Cheryl of Donegal; Kay Frances Caringola and
  her husband Gene of Connellsville; Eileen Ryan and her husband James of St.
  Mary's; Gene L. Cline and his wife Karen of Hunker; William T. Cline and his
  wife Sandy of Somerset; Mary V. Herring and her husband Brian of Farmington;
  daughter-in-law Ellen Cline of Indian Head, Md.; 13 grandchildren, Douglas,
  Kenneth and Scott Cline, Lynn and Jacque Caringola, Colleen, Maureen and
  Michael Ryan, Kaitlyn, Steven and Seth Cline and Craig and Kelsie Herring;
  three great-grandchildren, Christine, Deborah and Isabel Cline and two step
  great-grandchildren, Amanda and Rebecca Colburn.  She was the last surviving
  member of her immediate family.  Mrs. Cline received her associate degree
  from Fairmont State College where she was a member of the Gamma Chi Chi
  Sorority and received her bachelors degree from West Virginia University
  where she was a member of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority.  She was a former
  physical education teacher at Geibel High School, Connellsville, where she
  taught for 13 years and she previously taught in the Fairmont School
  system.  She also taught at the former Mt. Macrina School in Uniontown.  She
  was a member of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church
  Connellsville and its Christian Mothers.  She was also a member of the
  Catholic Daughters of America and the Catholic BPW and its bowling league.
  Mrs. Cline was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.  Friends
  will be received from 2 to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the Brooks Funeral
  Home Inc., 111 E. Green St., Connellsville, where a blessing service will be
  held Monday at 9:30 a.m. followed by a funeral mass at 10 a.m. in the
  Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, Connellsville, with Rev. Terry
  Hercik as celebrant.  Interment will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Holy
  Cross Cemetery, Fairmont, W.Va.  A parish wake service will be held at 8:45
  p.m. Sunday in the funeral home.  The Catholic Daughters of America will
  conduct a memorial service at 3 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home.
  
    01/08/2004  Daily American