OBIT: Catherine (Fike) EDMISTON, 1940, formerly of Somerset County, PA

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CATHERINE EDMISTON

  Mrs. Catherine Edmiston, widow of the late John Edmiston, died in 
Connellsville Friday morning.  Mrs. Edmiston was the daughter of the late Samuel 
and Elizabeth (Burgess) Fike and was a resident of Somerset County for many 
years, part of the time living in Ursina, where the family made many friends.  
For the past eleven years she made her home with her son-in-law and daughter, 
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Younkin, in Connellsville.  She was in her 81st year.
  Four of her children preceded her in death.  She is survived by the following 
children: Mrs. Younkin and Mrs. D. C. Mullen of Connellsville; Scott Edmiston of 
Gray, Charles of Acosta, Mrs. Elmer Hall of Revere and Glenn of Berlin.  Thirty 
grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and three sisters also survive.  
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the home of Mr. and 
Mrs. Younkin, Rev. F. A. Meyers, pastor of the Church of the Brethren, 
officiating.  Burial was in the Ursina Cemetery by the side of her husband, who 
passed away in 1927.

Meyersdale Republican, November 7, 1940