OBIT: Besse (MEYERS) FILBY, 1979, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  Mrs. Thomas Filby
  
    Mrs. Thomas (Besse) Filby, 84, of Albany, Oregon died Jan. 24, 1979 in a
  hospital in Albany.
    She was born in Meyersdale, March 26, 1894, the daughter of the late
  Milton E. and Sarah Ellen Meyers.
    She was preceded in death by her husband Thomas Filby in 1945, sisters
  Mary Hendershot, Ada Watson, Emma Combs and a brother, Milton Meyers Jr.
    Three of these sisters: Ada, Emma and now Besse died within a period of
  two months.
    She is survived by these daughters: Mrs. A. W. (Ethel) Jarvice, Toronto,
  Ohio; Mrs. Frank (Ruth) Grimm, Everett, Wash.; Mrs. Chris (Edith)
  Christianson, Albany, Ore.; six grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and
  many nieces and nephews.
    She is also survived by these sisters: Mrs. Jacob (Edith) Meyer,
  Pittsburgh; Mrs. John (Lulu) Hickenbottom, Meyersdale; and Mrs. Curtis
  (Iona) Stull, Shanksville.
    She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Meyersdale until she married
  and moved to Youngstown.  She was very active in the Lutheran Church in
  Albany, Ore., until the time of her death. 
    Interment was in Youngstown, Ohio.
  
  The Republic, February 1, 1979
  
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