OBIT: Edwina M. "Winnie" (Meaker ) EMERICK, 2007, Somerset, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Barry and Betty Christy. jhurl@meyersdalelibrary.org Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ----------------------------------------------- EMERICK, Edwina M. (Winnie) 01/10/07 Daily American Edwina M. "Winnie" Emerick, 89, Somerset, died Jan. 8, 2007, at Somerset Hospital, Somerset. Born Jan. 9, 1917, in Toronto, Canada, the daughter of Arthur Edwin Meaker Jr. and Nell L. (Read) Meaker-Bartlett. Preceded in death by parents; husband, Ernest Lee Emerick Sr., who died May 25, 1976; son, E. Lee Emerick Jr.; brother, Edwin Meaker; stepfather, John D. Bartlett. Survived by daughter, Mrs. William J. (Cherie) Glessner of Berlin; granddaughters, Christine Peters and Dr. Victoria Emerick-Meek and husband, Dr. Tom Meek, all of Lancaster; sister Patricia Gooden and half brother Frederick Bartlett both of Syracuse, N.Y.; daughter-in-law, Sandra Roe-Emerick, Lancaster. Member of Somerset Alliance Church. Worked as a local correspondent for the Johnstown Tribune for the Shanksville and Somerset area for 23 years. Also worked as a clerk for Cascio's Fruit Market. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home, Somerset, where a service will be conducted 11 a.m. Saturday. The Rev. James E. Vandervort officiating. Interment Walker Cemetery. Contributions to Somerset Alliance Church, 708 Stoystown Road, Somerset, PA 15501.