OBIT: Mary (BILL) FRASER, 1940, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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MARY BILL FRASER

Grantsville, Maryland

  Mrs. Nettie Bill received a telegram Sunday morning telling her that her 
sister-in-law, Mrs. Mary Bill Fraser, aged 71, died at her home in Berkeley, 
California, about 10:30 o'clock Saturday night, Aug. 17.  No details, however, 
were given in the message.
  Mrs. Fraser was a former resident of Grantsville.  She as born here October 2, 
1868, a daughter of Charles and Margaret Bill, and was a sister of the late 
Charles H. Bill.  She was the last of her family, in which there were eight 
children.  Mrs. Fraser was the wife of John A. Fraser, who survives.  There were 
no children.  For the last fifteen years they lived in California, but visited 
here on several occasions, their last visit being made about three years ago.
  Mr. Fraser is a prosperous construction engineer and building contractor - a 
fine man.  They had a beautiful home on a hillside, with an outlook over San 
Francisco Bay and through the famous Golden Gate to the Pacific Ocean.
  Surviving relatives in this section include a nephew, Wilson Bill, 
Grantsville; three sisters-in-law, Mrs. Nettie Bill, Grantsville; Mrs. Mary 
Bill, Lonaconing; Mrs. Mary Jane Bill, Brooklyn, and other relatives in 
Cumberland, Keyser, W.Va., and Westfield, N.J.

Meyersdale Republican, August 22, 1940