OBIT: Helen (JOHNSON) FORTNEY, 1996, Somerset, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed/proofread by Patty Millich/Alice James Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ FORTNEY Helen Johnson Fortney, 84, Patriot Manor, Somerset, died Feb. 9, 1996, at the manor. Born March 25, 1911, in Fairmont, W. Va., daughter of Charles and Henrietta Johnson. Preceded in death by parents. Survived by two daughters: Mrs. Dale (Beverly) Bennett, Somerset; and Mrs. Michael (Joyce) Romino, Fairmont, W. Va.; grandchildren: Debra Bennett, David L. Bennett, Alan D. Bennett and Rebecca Bennett Meyers, all of Somerset; and great-grandchildren: Christopher and Robert Meyers, and Angelica Bennett, all of Somerset. Member of First Presbyterian Church in Fairmont. Retired from Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. Member of Telephone Pioneers of America. She has donated her body to the West Virginia Medical Center. Memorial service will be held in Fairmont at a later date. Daily American, February 10, 1996 [F0669]