OBIT:  F. Elizabeth (Gaffius) COLEMAN, 2005, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  Coleman, Mrs. F. Elizabeth  08/27/05  Daily American
  
  Mrs. F. Elizabeth Coleman, 99, formerly of West Pitt Street, Bedford, died Aug.
  25, 2005, at Pennknoll Village, Snake Spring Township, Bedford County. Mrs.
  Coleman was born in Spruce Creek, on March 2, 1906, a the daughter of the late
  F. Blair and Hannah J. (Ayers) Gaffius. She was the widow of Lester S. Coleman,
  whom she married June 16, 1940, at Bethany Lutheran church in Altoona by the
  Rev. Paul L. Reaser. Lester preceded her in death February 7, 1983. The last
  surviving member of her immediate family, she is preceded in death by one
  sister, Mrs. Paul (Alta) Gill and two brothers Albert Graffius and Lester
  Graffius and one half brother Guy Ayers. Numerous nieces and nephews survive
  her. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church Bedford. She was an elementary
  school teacher at Sandy Ridge, Spruce Creek and Altoona prior to her marriage.
  She graduated from the Petersburg High School in 1925. She attended school at
  Juniata College and Indiana Normal School, graduating in 1931. She then got her
  Masters Degree in teaching from Penn State College now Penn State University.
  Elizabeth and her husband were co-owners of the Auto Accessories Store in
  Bedford for many years. She enjoyed all kinds of sewing and crafts and had made
  many quilts. Her hobby was collecting and repairing old dolls. Friends are
  invited to call 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday at Louis Geisel Funeral Home, Bedford, where
  a service will be held at 2 p.m. The Rev. Raymond Short officiating. Interment
  at Union Cemetery, Somerset.