OBIT: Samuel J. CRIST, 1974, Stoystown, Somerset County, PA

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  CRIST
  
  Samuel J. Crist, 92, of Stoystown RD 1, died Sept. 30, 1974, at Somerset
  Community Hospital.  Born July 31, 1882, in Jenner Township, a son of Jesse
  and Sarah (Pile) Crist.  Preceded in death by parents: brothers, Jesse,
  Benjamin, John and Phillip; and sisters, Mrs. Annie Barnett and Miss Sadie
  Crist.  Survived by a sister, Mary Elizabeth, wife of Harry O. Homer,
  Stoystown RD 1; nieces, Mrs. Sarah Ogline and Mrs. Milton Lohr; a nephew,
  Harold Horner.  Was a prominent retired Jenner Township farmer; long-time
  member of former Boswell Lodge 1172, I.O.O.F. and now a member of Somerset
  Lodge 438, I.O.O.F.; long-time member of Horner Lutheran Church and Sunday
  School; and a director of Horner-Mt. Tabor Cemetery.  Friends received from
  7-9 p.m. Tuesday and 2-9 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday and until noon Thursday at
  Joseph H. Hoffman Funeral Home, 227 Allegheny St., Boswell.  Body will be
  removed to Horner Lutheran Church for viewing from 1 p.m. until time of
  service at 2 p.m. Thursday, the Rev. William H. Snyder.  Interment,
  Homer-Mt. Tabor Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, October 1, 1974
  
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