OBIT: Sara (PLETCHER) FOLK, 1941, native of Somerset County, PA

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SARA PLETCHER FOLK

Grantsville, Maryland

  Mrs. Sara Pletcher Folk, widow of the late Abraham Folk, died at her home at 
Maple Glen early Thursday morning, Dec. 26, after a short illness.  She was 
about 85 years of age, having been born in 1855 in Middlecreek Township, the 
youngest of 10 children of Samuel and Elizabeth (Nedrow) Pletcher.  She was the 
last surviving member of the family.  Since her marriage some fifty years ago, 
she had resided near Fort Hill in what is locally termed the Peck Corner 
community or Maple Glen.  She had been a faithful and devout member of the 
Church of the Brethren since early childhood.
  Surviving are two daughters, Martha Folk, at home, and Mary, Mrs. Russel 
Hollada, Greenville, and the following step-children: William A. Folk and Mrs. 
Cora Maust, near Grantsville, Mrs. Adam Bittner, Connellsville, Pa., Simon M. 
Folk and Mrs. John Niner, Fort Hill, Pa.  Funeral services were held Saturday.

Meyersdale Republican, January 2, 1941