OBIT: Ethel (BRACKEN) DERRY, 1985, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  ETHEL BRACKEN DERRY
    
    Ethel Bracken Derry, 70, Morgantown, W. Va., died Tuesday, July 23, 1985,
  at Morgan Manor Nursing Home, Morgantown, following a lengthy illness.
    She was born in Rockwood on January 25, 1915, the daughter of the late
  William and Etta Ohler Bracken.
    She was a graduate of Somerset High School and with her husband, Charles,
  operated Erie Insurance Agency in Morgantown for several years.
    The Derrys were former residents of Meyersdale.
    Surviving, in addition to her husband, are four sisters: Mary Coddington,
  Greensburg; Dorothy Pullen, Lyons, N.Y.; Magdalene Rector, Rockwood; and
  Frances Hostetler, Meyersdale.  She was preceded in death by her daughter,
  Alyson Lenhart, on June 18, 1972.
    Services were held at Hastings Funeral Home, Morgantown, with the Rev.
  Jude Mili, OFM.  Burial followed at the East Oak Grove Cemetery,
  Morgantown, W. VA.
  
  The New Republic, August 1, 1985
  
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  ETHEL BRACKEN DERRY
  
  Ethel Bracken Derry, 70, Morgantown, W.Va., died Tuesday, July 23, 1985, at
  Morgan Manor Nursing Home, Morgantown, following a lengthy illness.  Born in
  Rockwood on Jan. 25, 1915, daughter of the late William and Etta Ohler
  Bracken.  Graduate of Somerset High School and with her husband, Charles,
  operated Erie Insurance Agency in Morgantown for several years.  The Derrys
  were former residents of Meyersdale.  Survived by her husband; four sisters:
  Mary Coddington, Greensburg; Dorothy Pullen, Lyons, N.Y.; Magdalene Rector,
  Rockwood; and Frances Hostetler, Meyersdale.  She was preceded in death by a
  daughter, Alyson Lenhart, on June 18, 1972.
  
  Daily American, August 1, 1985
  
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