OBIT: Katherine (NICKLOW) CREG, 1941, Addison, Somerset County, PA

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KATHERINE CREG

Addison, PA

  Katherine (Nicklow) Creg died after an illness of six months in the Somerset 
Hospital, on Wednesday, Sept. 3, of hardening of the arteries.  She was born 
Aug. 9, 1873, in Addison Township, on the farm now owned by George Greaves.  Her 
age was 68 years and 24 days. 
  She was united in marriage to Milton Creg Nov. 15, 1894.  To them were born 
seven children, two of whom died in infancy.  Surviving are: Melvin Creg, 
Frances Guntner, and Jay Creg, all of Cleveland, Ohio; Martha Teats and Stanley 
Creg, New York.  She was a noble mother and raised a good family, and leaves a 
host of friends to mourn her loss.  Her husband died about nine years ago.
  She leaves one sister, Mrs. Dian Mitchell, of Terra Alta, W.Va., and one 
brother, Elijah Nicklow, of Ruffsdale, Pa.
  Funeral services were held at her home Friday afternoon, Sept. 5, at 1:30 
o'clock.  Rev. Mary Richey, pastor of the Addison Methodist Episcopal Church, 
and Rev. John O. Martin, pastor of the Confluence Methodist Church, conducted 
the funeral rites, followed by interment in the Addison Cemetery beside the 
grave of her husband.  Mortician Harry B. Rishebarger was in charge of the 
funeral arrangements.  
  Mrs. Creg had been a member of the Christian Church for 45 years.

Meyersdale Republican, September 11, 1941