OBIT: Nellie (MENGES) COUNTRYMAN, 1983, Berlin, Somerset County, PA

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  NELLIE M. COUNTRYMAN
  
    Nellie M. Countryman, 98, of Berlin RD 1, died June 25, 1983, at Somerset
  Community Hospital.
    She was born Dec. 10, 1896, in Brothersvalley Township, a daughter of
  William J. and Ellen (Miller) Menges.
    She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Jacob, who died in
  1948; a daughter, a grandchild, two brothers and one sister.
    She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Geneva "Dolly" Leydig, Berlin RD 1;
  three grandchildren: Mrs. James (Jean) Ferguson, Berlin RD 4; Dale Leydig,
  Berlin RD 3; and Timmy Leydig, Gaithersburg, Md.; six great-grandchildren;
  also a foster daughter, Mrs. William (Victoria) Harrison, Jerome.
    She was a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, the L.C.W., former
  member of Friendship Sunday School Class, also member of Second Society of
  Farm Women, Ladies Auxiliary of the Berlin Volunteer Fire Department,
  Berlin Senior Citizens, and Lady Berlin Rebeccka Lodge.
    Friends were received at the Johnson-Kuhlman Funeral Home, where services
  were held with the Rev. Kenneth S. Swanson officiating.  Interment, Berlin
  I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
  
  The Republic, June 30, 1983
  
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