OBIT: Ruth T. (FRIEND) DEEM, 1987, of interest in Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Lynn Beatty and proofread by Jesse Davis. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ RUTH T. DEEM Ruth T. Deem, 61, of RD 3, Deer Park, Md., died Tuesday, July 21, 1987, in Garrett County Memorial Hospital, Oakland, Md. Born in Swanton, Md. Nov. 30, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Walter I. and Blanche (Comp) Friend. Her husband, James A. Deem, died in 1987. She attended Mountain Top Christian Assembly, Mountain Lake Park, Md. Surviving are three daughters: Mrs. Barbara J. Roth and Mrs. Sharrol A. Harvey, both of Deer Park, Md.; and Mrs. Mary C. Savage, Oakland, Md.; two sons, James R. Friend, Foxboro, Mass.; and A. Rodney Deem, Fruitland, Md.; one sister, Mrs. Opel Tressler, Addison; one brother, Daniel L. Friend, Swanton, Md. and 17 grandchildren. Friends were received in the Stewart Funeral Home, Oakland, Md. Services were conducted in Mountain Top Christian Assembly Thursday at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Alvin Kyle and the Rev. Paul Polano. Interment, Deer Park Cemetery. The Republic, July 30, 1987 [D0326]