OBIT: Mary Frances (RATKE) EASTON, 1982, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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  MARY FRANCES EASTON
  
    Mary Frances Easton, 64, of 417 Homer Street, Cumberland, Maryland, died
  December 15, 1982 at Memorial Hospital, Cumberland.
    Born in Cumberland March 13, 1918, she was a daughter of the late Frank
  Ratke and Marie (Sweitzer) Ratke.
    She was a former employee of the Chessie System and was a secretary for
  St. Mary's School.  She was a member of the St. Mary's Catholic Church, the
  Sodality, and the St. Mary's Elders (senior citizens club).  She was a 1935
  graduate of St. Mary's School and a graduate of the Ursuline Academy
  Business School.  
    She is survived by her husband, J. William Easton; one son, Douglas W.
  Easton, at home; two daughters, Mrs. Rosemarie S. Sembower, Rockwood; and
  Miss Theresa A. Easton, Cumberland; two sisters, Mrs. Marie Elizabeth
  (Betty) Hull and Mrs. Rose C. Klosterman, both of Cumberland, and one
  grandchild.
    Friends were received at the Scarpelli Funeral Home.  A mass of Christian
  burial was celebrated at St. Mary's Catholic Church Friday at 9am.
  Interment will be in the parrish cemetery.
    Pallbearers were John L. Ratke II, William Hull, Timothy Martin, Craig
  Appel, Mark Liller and Lamar Martin.
  
  The Republic, December 23, 1982
  
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