OBIT:  Mable (FICHTENER) DOAK, 1995, Friedens, Somerset County, PA
  
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  DOAK
  
  Mable (Fichtener) Doak, 82, Mechanicsburg and formerly of Somerset, 
  died Aug 21, 1995 in Mechanicsburg.  Born Jan 27, 1913, in Friedens. 
  Daughter of the late Victor and Edith (Scritchfield) Fichtner.  Preceded 
  in death by a brother, John.  Survived by a daughter, Darlene, wife of 
  Ronald Kiehl, Mechanicsburg, and two grandsons, Byron and Darren, both 
  of Mechanicsburg.  Sister of Pauline Blough, Waynesboro, Va.; Mary Jane 
  Gerhardt Scroggs, Grove City, Ohio, and Joan, wife of J. Zane Varner of 
  Somerset.  Member of St. Paul's United Church of Christ and life member 
  of Trinity Chapter 138, Order of Eastern Star, where she served as 
  secretary for 26 years.  Member of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International 
  and National Retired Teachers Association.  Life member of Somerset 
  County Retired Public School Employees Association, Pennsylvania
  Association of School Retirees, and National Education Association. Also 
  member of AARP, Pianist for Retired Men's Chorus for 26 years.  Retired business 
  education teacher with 8 years in Somerset Township Schools and 28 years 
  at Shanksville Stoneycreek Schools.  Friends will be recieved from 2 to 
  4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Robert H. Halverson Funeral Home. 
  Funeral services at 10:30 a.m. Friday in St. Paul's United Church of 
  Christ, Rev. Glenn E. Sadler and Dr. J. Gerald Greiner of Mechanicsburg 
  officiating. Interment, Somerset County Memorial Park.  Body will be in 
  state at the church from 10 a.m. until the hour of service. Memorial 
  service will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home by the 
  Delta Kappa Gamma Society.  Trinity Chapter 138, Order of Eastern Star, 
  will conduct a service at 7 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home.
  
  Doak
  
  Funeral service for Mabel (Fichtner) Doak will be conducted at 10:30 
  a.m. Friday in the St. Paul's United Church of Christ, with Rev. Glenn E. 
  Sadler and Dr. J. Gerald Greiner of Mechanicsburg officiating. 
  Interment, Somerset County Memorial Park. Body will lie in state at the
  church from 10 a.m. until the hour of service. In lieu of flowers, memorials 
  may be given to St. Paul's United Church of Christ or Somerset Hospice, 
  South Center Avenue, Somerset. Arrangements in the charge of Robert H. 
  Halverson Funeral Home.
  
  Daily American, Aug 24, 1995
  
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