OBIT: Eloise (ENGLEHART) CRITCHFIELD, 1997, native of Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA

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  ELOISE CRITCHFIELD
  
    Eloise Critchfield, 74, of Worthington, Pa., died Sunday, June 1, 1997,
  at Butler Memorial Hospital in Butler.
    Born Oct. 1, 1922, in Meyersdale, she was a daughter of the late Alvin
  and Josephine (Browning) Englehart.
    Mrs. Critchfield was also preceded in death by her husband, Marker M.
  Crichfield, on April 16, 1997; a brother, Ted Englehart; and a sister, Lois
  McCarter.
    She is survived by a son, Rex Critchfield, Mesa, Ariz.; daughters: Eloise
  (Mrs. Tom) Kearse, Marshall, Ark.; and Karen (Mrs. William) Elliott, Butler;
  and six grandchildren.  She is also survived by a brother, William
  Englehart, Doylestown, Pa., and a sister [           ] Business College,
  Philadelphia, in 1949; and graduated from Indiana University of
  Pennsylvania with a bachelors degree in education in 1969.  She was a
  member of the Worthington Lutheran Church, where she had been choir
  director and organist.  She was a volunteer for the Worthington Community
  Library and gave private piano lessons for years.
    In 1978, Mrs. Critchfield received the [        ] teacher for the
  Armstrong School District for 24 years, retiring in 1983.
    A private burial service was held at the Worthington Lutheran Cemetery. 
  Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer Research Center at the
  University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
  
  The Republic, June 12, 1997
  
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