OBIT: Ruth (HAY) EDWARDS, 1999, native of Somerset County, PA

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  RUTH EDWARDS
  
    Ruth (Hay) Edwards, 76, of Bethel Park died Jan. 13, 1999, at the Nursing
  Center of Country Meadows in Bridgeville, Pa., after a prolonged illness.
  She was born June 17, 1922.  Daughter of the late Oren and Mary Hay of
  Somerset County.  She attended a one-room schoolhouse in Lavansville and was
  graduated from Somerset High School in 1938.  After attending Allegheny
  College for a year, she enrolled in the Presbyterian Hospital Nursing
  School and was graduated in 1943.  She was employed as a school nurse for
  several years in the Bethel Park School District and was a pediatric nurse
  for Dr. Robert Tyson for many years until her retirement in 1990.  Long-time
  member and served several terms as president of the Friendship Club in
  Bethel Park.  Member also of Presbyterian Hospital Alumni Associating and
  the Bethel Presbyterian Church, Bethel Park, where she served as a deacon.
  She married Peter S. Edwards Jr. of Bethel Park on March 17, 1944, at
  Spence Field in Moultrie, Ga.  She was the loving mother of Barbara
  Bancroft, Peter S Edwards III, Sue Means and Mark Edwards.  She was the
  doting grandmother of 12.  Sister of Verna DeGolier, Helen Wilson and the
  late Edna Hay and Ernest Hay.  No visitation.  A memorial service will be
  held at 1pm Saturday in Bethel Presbyterian Church, 2999 Bethel Church
  Road, Bethel Park, Pa.  Family will receive friends at a reception in the
  church hall immediately following the service.  In lieu of flowers,
  contributions may be made to the Ruth Edwards Memorial Fund, C/O Bethel
  Presbyterian Church Road, Bethel Park, Pa, 15102.  Arrangements by Leo
  Henney Funeral Home, Carneg.
  
  Daily American, Jan 15, 1999
  
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