OBIT: Etta V. (LAYMAN) ENGLE, 1942, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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ETTA V. ENGLE

Grantsville, Maryland
Demise of Mrs. Etta V. Engle
Aged Farmeress Garnered by Grim Reaper - Survived by Ten Daughters and One Son

  In the death of Mrs. Etta V. Engle, the Grantsville community sadly lost one 
of its best known and most dearly beloved residents.  She was also one of the 
most generous dispensers of the hospitality of her home.
  Mrs. Engle, widow of the late Ralph Engle, died Tuesday morning, July 21, at 
12:40 o'clock, at her farm home, "Englewood", near Grantsville, following a 
critical illness of two weeks caused by a heart attack.
  She was a native of Grantsville, born Sept. 27, 1860, and was aged 81 years, 9 
months and 24 days at the time of her demise.  She spent most of her life in 
this community where she had a wide circle of relatives and friends.  She was 
the daughter of the late George L. and Safora Rench Layman.
  Surviving are ten daughters and one son, namely: Hazel, Mrs. W. F. Fisher, 
Sidney, N.Y.; Bess, Mrs. S. R. Willets, Bloomfield, N.J.; Esther, Mrs. William 
Nielson, Hartford, Conn.; Vida, Mrs. H. G. Osburn, Sidney, N.Y.; Helen, Mrs. H. 
A. MacMannis, and Althea, Mrs. R. A. Goetz, Cumberland, Md.; Miss Ida Engle and 
Martha, Mrs. M. S. Brookhart, Oakland, Md.; Elizabeth, Mrs. C. W. Wadsworth, 
Terra Alta, W.Va.; Miss Beulah Engle, at home, and John R. Engle, Fairmont, 
W.Va.; also eleven grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. C. G. Stocker, Roundup, 
Montana, and three brothers, Norval and George Layman, Newell, Iowa, and Harry 
C. Layman, Chicago, Ill.
  Mrs. Engle was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church.  She and the late 
Mrs. Ellen Younkin were the organizers of the Ladies Aid Society of the church.  
Mrs. Engle was chosen as the president, in which capacity she served for a 
number of years, after which she was elected honorary president.  She was also 
active in the Homemakers' Club, and other community functions until recent 
years.
  Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon, July 23, in the 
Grantsville Methodist Church, with Rev. V. R. Gillum officiating.  Simple hymns, 
"Sweet Hour of Prayer", "Lead Kindly Light" and "Rock of Ages" were sung by the 
Methodist choir.
  Pallbearers were Harry and George Edwards, Joseph Fahey, Morris Beachy, Harold 
Baum and Henry F. Durst.  Interment was in the Grantsville Cemetery under the 
direction of William Winterberg, local mortician.
  All of Mrs. Engle's children came to attend the services.  Other relatives and 
friends who came from a distance to pay their last respects were George B. 
Layman, Newell, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Dan Enlow, Akron, Ohio; Capt. Charles E. 
Hoye, Sang Run, Md.; Mrs. Ida M. Lee, Mrs. Jennie Richardson, Miss Nell Lee, Mt. 
Lake Park, Md.; Mrs. Clem Wadsworth, Mrs. Mary Huston, Uniontown, Pa.; Mrs. 
Goetz, James Hugglestone, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Goetz, Miss Mary Evans, Mrs. 
Nelle Zellers, Frostburg, Md.; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Buckholtz, Mrs. Elsie 
Buckholtz, LaVale, Md.

Meyersdale Republican, July 30, 1942