OBIT: May EISFELLER, 1931, formerly of Somerset County, PA

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MAY EISFELLER

  Miss May Eisfeller passed away suddenly at the home of her sister, Mrs. 
William S. Livengood, at 8 o'clock Saturday morning, April 25th, the immediate 
cause of her death being a cerebral hemorrhage, although she had been suffering 
from heart disease for the last two years.
  She was the eldest daughter of the late Henry and Margaret (Loeffler) 
Eisfeller and was born at Frankentrost, Michigan, a small German settlement 
where her father was pastor of a German Lutheran Church at the time.  While she 
was still a young girl she came to Meyersdale with her parents after the family 
had lived for brief periods in Ohio, Frostburg, Md., and Wellersberg and Berlin, 
Pa.
  Most of her girlhood was spent in Meyersdale before the family removed to 
Adrian, Michigan, thence to Toledo, Ohio, and later to Chicago, Ill.
  Although she had a very amiable and attractive personality, she never married, 
her whole life being devoted to loving service of her parents, sisters, 
brothers, nieces and nephews, to all of whom she was most kind and affectionate.  
She was adored as "Aunt May" by the neighbors and neighbors' children, as well, 
and was loved and esteemed by hundreds who had the privilege of her 
companionship and friendship.
  Her father died in Chicago, about 30 years ago, and after all of her sisters 
and brothers were grown up and married and had homes of their own, she and her 
mother came to Meyersdale about twenty years ago to live with her sister, Mrs. 
W. S. Livengood, and family.  Her mother Eisfeller passed away about ten years 
ago, and Miss May continued to live as a member of the Livengood household to 
the end of her days.
  She is survived by the following named brothers and sisters: Harry A. 
Eisfeller and Louise Livengood, of Meyersdale; Albert G. Eisfeller, Alhambra, 
Cal.; Victor E. Eisfeller, Miami, Fla.; Mrs. Ergane Hulce, LaGrange, Ill., and 
Phidias m. Eisfeller, Toledo, Ohio.  One brother, Lucien J. Eisfeller, of 
LaGrange, Ill., died a little more than a year ago.
  During her girlhood in Meyersdale, Miss Eisfeller became a member of Trinity 
Episcopal Church and remained a communicant of that denomination the remainder 
of her life.
  Funeral services were conducted at the Livengood home at 3:30 p.m., Monday, by 
Rev. Willis E. Ronk, pastor of the Main Street Brethren Church, assisted by Rev. 
B. A. Black, pastor of Amity Reformed Church, the funeral rite of the Episcopal 
church being used.
  As symbolical of the life of Miss Eisfeller, Rev. Ronk read the poem, "I shall 
not pass this way again," and Rev. Black read the following lines, written in 
memory of her departed friend, by Sara Roberta Getty, the well known poetess and 
newspaperwoman of Cumberland, Md.: 

Always so happily, buoyantly living,
Making each day and each moment worth while;
Burdens were lifted because of your living,
Hearts were made lighter because of your smile.
Lives of your friends are the richer for knowing
You, who had found so much joy, day by day;
Days will be lonely because of your going,
But brighter for flowers you've strewn on the way.
Beautiful nature, so tender, forgiving,
Shrined in our memory, yet we shall not weep;
Happily, buoyantly, valiantly living,
And, as you lived you have fallen asleep.

  The higher esteem in which Miss Eisfeller was held was manifested by the many 
friends who attended the obsequies, the profusion of floral tributes and the 
numerous messages of condolence received by the bereaved relatives.
  R. Reich & Son had charge of the burial arrangements, interment being made on 
the Livengood-Eisfeller plot in Union Cemetery where the daughter was laid to 
rest by the side of her mother.  The pall-bearers were Messrs. Norman E. Miller, 
S. B. Philson, J. H. Bowman, R. H. Philson, H. M. Cook and J. M. Musser, the 
last named being an old friend of the decedent from Berlin.

Meyersdale Republican, April 30, 1931