OBIT: Margaret V. (HECHLER) FOLK, 1944, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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MARGARET V. FOLK

  Mrs. Margaret V. Folk, wife of E. Frank Folk, died at her home in LaVale, Md., 
at 1:40 a.m., Friday, Jan. 7, of a heart attack.
  She was born Feb. 13, 1900, and at the time of her death was aged 43 years, 10 
months and 24 days.
  She was married to E. Frank Folk of Meyersdale in 1923.  No children were born 
to this estimable couple who lived in LaVale, Md., most of the 20 years of their 
married life.
  She is survived by her husband, her father, Norman B. Hechler and two sisters, 
Maryellen and Nancy Heckler, of Meyersdale.  Her mother, Mrs. Minerva Felker 
Heckler, died four years ago.  Two brothers also preceded her in death.
  Funeral services were conducted in her home in LaVale, at 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 
9 by her pastor, Rev. H. J. Heinze of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, South 
Cumberland, Md., of which Mrs. Folk was a member.  Interment was in the Hechler 
family lot in White Oak cemetery near Wittenberg, Pa., under the direction of 
Louis Stein, Cumberland mortician.
  Mrs. Folk's health had been failing for quite a while before her death, but 
she was able to attend to most of her household duties until the eve of her 
death.  Thursday evening her husband, who also is not well, assisted her with 
her kitchen chores.  They retired about 10 p.m. and about an hour later she had 
a severe coughing spell and got up and told her husband she felt very sick and 
needed a doctor.  Four different physicians were called before one responded, 
and he came too late to afford her any relief, as she expired about ten minutes 
after he arrived.
  Mr. and Mrs. Folk were a devoted couple and highly esteemed by their neighbors 
and many friends in this community.  Mr. Folk is suffering from a bad heart 
condition himself, but is continuing working at his employment and living in his 
home by himself.

Meyersdale Republican, January 13, 1944