OBIT: Florence (HARBERT) FORTNEY, 1943, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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FLORENCE FORTNEY

  Mrs. Lawrence Fortney, 43, died Sunday morning at her home at Bittinger, Md.  
A daughter of Charles F. and the late Virta (Griffin) Harbert, she was born at 
Lumberport, W.Va., March 25, 1900, and had been a resident of Bittinger for 
eighteen years.
  Mrs. Fortney joined the Baptist Church at Lumberport at an early age and later 
moved her membership to the Bittinger Lutheran Church where she was also active 
in the Lutheran Women's Missionary Society.
  On Feb. 26, 1921, she was united in marriage with Lawrence Fortney of 
Lumberport, W.Va.  To this union were born two children, Clark and Clara Lee.
  Mrs. Fortney is survived by her husband, Lawrence Fortney, and daughter, Clara 
Lee, at home.  The daughter is a senior in high school; Pvt. Clark Fortney, Camp 
Wheeler, Ga., her father, Charles F. Harbert, one sister, Agnes Harbert and two 
brothers, Revis and Clyde, all of Lumberport, W.Va. 
  Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the Bittinger Lutheran 
Church with Rev. A. C. Curran officiating.  Interment was in the Bittinger 
Cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, March 25, 1943