OBIT: Bertha (RINGER) COOLEY, 1986, of interest in 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/ _______________________________________________ COOLEY Bertha Cooley, 84, of 1208 Sycamore St., Connellsville, died July 6, 1986, in the Highlands Hospital and Health Center, Connellsville. Born Oct. 1, 1901 in Grantsville, Md., a daughter of the late Elishia and Sarah Ellen (Mort) Ringer. A resident of Connellsville for most of her life and also had been a resident of the Confluence area. Former employee of the Connellsville YMCA and a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Connellsville. Survived by two daughters: Mrs. Mary Ann Felgar of Berlin and Mrs. Jeanne Miller of Connellsville; five grandchildren. Preceded in death by her husband, Omer H. Cooley on Jan. 18, 1986; two brothers: Howard Ringer and Ferris Ringer; five sisters: Rebecca Ringer, Lucinda Butler, Oliver Ringer, Hattie Eichorn and Grace Colflesh. Friends will be received 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at the Brooks Funeral Home, Inc., 111 East Green St., Connellsville, where services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m., the Rev. G.C. Waldkoenig officiating. Interment, St. Paul's Cemetery, Fort Hill, Pa. Daily American, July 8, 1986 [C0917]