OBIT: Mildred Verne (GONDER) CLOSE, 1980, formerly of Boswell, Somerset County, PA

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  CLOSE
  
  Mildred Verne Close, 77, of Aurora Colo., formerly of Boswell, died March
  30, 1980, at home.  Born Feb. 23, 1903, in Boswell, daughter of Edward and
  Amanda (Pardee) Gonder.  Preceded in death by parents; husband Allen, who
  died in 1949; sister Opal; and brothers Percy, Walter and Edmund.  Survived
  by children: Donald A., Englewood, Colo.; and Mrs. Jane May, Arlington
  Heights, Ill.; four grandchildren, Sister of Mrs. Ida Imhoff, Rawlings,
  Md.; Mrs. Doll O'Connor, Boswell; Mrs. Mabel Dietz, Mechanicsburg, Pa.;
  Mrs. Ann Ward, Swarthmore, Pa.; and Frederick, Omaha, Neb.  Member of
  N.R.T.A. and A.A.R.P. Denver, Colo.  Teacher in Pittsburgh area schools for
  15 years.  Retired in 1971.  Graduate of former Boswell High School and
  Indiana State Teachers College, Indiana, Pa.  Moved to Aurora in 1979 from
  Pittsburgh.  Arrangements by Hoffman Funeral Home, Boswell, are incomplete.
  
  Daily American, April 1, 1980
  
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