OBIT: Elvera (SHUPE) DEQUENNE, 1993, of interest in Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Marilyn Boula. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ Elvera S. Dequenne, 81, of Clairton, died Jan. 11, 1993, in the McKeesport Hospital. Born June 4, 1911, in McKeesport. Daughter of the late Edward and Alma (Westerberg) Shupe. Preceded in death by her husband, Ernest H. Dequenne Jr., and a son, Ernest H. Dequenne II. Survived by a son, Ray E. Dequenne of Garrett; a daughter, Fay LaFrankie of Forward Township; 11 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren and a brother, Robert Shupe of McKeesport. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Clairton. Retired clerk at the Clairton Works Federal Credit Union. Family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the A.J. Bekavac Funeral Home, 555 Fifth Street, Clairton, where services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, with the Rev. Don R. Smith officiating. Interment, Mount Vernon Cemetery, Elizabeth Township. Daily American, January 12, 1993 [D0458]