OBIT: Ida (BEERITS) DOUGAN, Somerset, Somerset County, PA

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IDA DOUGAN

  Mrs. Ida Dougan, wife of Dr. William R. Dougan of Somerset, died at 12:25 a.m. 
Monday, Aug. 19, as the result of injuries  sustained in an automobile accident 
in December 1944.  She had both legs broken and had been bed fast and endured 
much suffering ever since.
  Mrs. Dougan was the youngest daughter of Henry and Belina (Stahl) Beerits, 
both deceased.  She was united in marriage with Dr. Dougan on Feb. 16, 1922.
  Her husband survives along with one daughter, Sally Dougan; a brother, John H. 
Berrits, banker and merchant of Somerset, and one sister, Mrs. Frank R. Lyon, 
Fairmont, W.Va.  A brother, Robert E. Beerits, died in St. Petersburg, Fla., in 
1945.
  Mrs. Dougan graduated from Somerset High School and attended National Park 
Seminary at Forrest Glen, Md.  She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, 
Somerset, and was a charter member and one of the founders of the Somerset 
County Tuberculosis Society.  She served as president of the TB Society for many 
years.
  She also served as regent of Forbes Road Chapter, DAR, and was active in the 
work of the Somerset County Children's Aid Society.  In addition, she was a 
member of the Fortnightly Club, the Somerset Garden Club and the Somerset 
Community Hospital Auxiliary.
  Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Beerits home, Shady 
Terrace.  Dr. I. Hess Wagner officiated.  Interment in the Somerset Union 
Cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, August 23, 1946