OBIT: Gladys Pauline (SWEARMAN) CRITCHFIELD, 2004, from Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA
  
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  GLADYS PAULINE CRITCHFIELD 
  March 15, 1915 - June 18, 2004
  
  Gladys Pauline Critchfield, 89, of 139 School Road, Boynton, died Friday,
  June 18, 2004, at Goodwill Mennonite Home, Grantsville, Md.
  Born March 15, 1915, at Meyersdale, she was the daughter of the late James
  and Ruth (Smeak) Swearman.
  She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul H. Critchfield.
  Mrs. Critchfield was a seamstress for the former Salisbury Undergarment
  Factory. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Meyersdale.
  Surviving are two sons: Paul (Bud) Critchfield and wife Betty, Salisbury;
  Richard Critchfield and wife Beverly, Fort Hill; one daughter, Connie
  Shaffer and husband Robert, Gibsonia; two sisters: Ethel Martincic,
  Lancaster; Elaine Miller, Meyersdale; seven grandchildren: Cindy, Tracy,
  Larissa, Ryan, Joy, Pam and Ann Marie; and six great-grandchildren: Nathan,
  Wade, Travis, Tyler, Dominique and Jesse.
  Friends were received at the Newman Funeral Home, Inc., Salisbury.
  Services were conducted at 11:00 a.m. Monday at the funeral home with the
  Rev. Gene Abel officiating. Committal was in the Salisbury Cemetery.
  Condolences may be sent to the family at www.newmanfuneralhomes.com.
  
  06/24/2004  New Republic 
  
  
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  Gladys Pauline Critchfield, 89, of 139 School Road, Boynton, died June 18,
  2004 at Goodwill Mennonite Home, Grantsville, Md.  Born March 15, 1915 at
  Meyersdale, the daughter of the late James and Ruth (Smeak) Swearman.
  Preceded in death by her husband, Paul H. Critchfield.  Surviving are two
  sons, Paul "Bud" Critchfield and wife, Betty, Salisbury, and Richard
  Critchfield and wife, Beverly, Fort Hill; one daughter, Connie Shaffer and
  husband, Robert, Gibsonia; two sisters, Ethel Martincic, Lancaster, and
  Elaine Miller, Meyersdale; seven grandchildren, Cindy, Tracy, Larissa,
  Ryan, Joy, Pam and Ann Marie; and six great-grandchildren, Nathan, Wade,
  Travis, Tyler, Dominique and Jesse.  Mrs. Critchfield was a seamstress for
  the former Salisbury Undergarment Factory.  Member of Zion Lutheran Church,
  Meyersdale. Friends were received at the Newman Funeral Home, Inc., 9168
  Mason-Dixon Highway, Salisbury, Sunday, where services will be conducted at
  11 a.m. Monday.  The Rev. Gene Abel officiating.  Committal will be held in
  the Salisbury Cemetery.  Condolences may be sent to the family at
  www.newmanfuneralhomes.com.
  
    06/21/2004  Daily American