OBIT: Effie (FRIEND) FRIEND, 1943, of interest in Somerset County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Meyersdale Library. Transcribed and proofread by: Richard Boyer. Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ________________________________________________ EFFIE FRIEND Mrs. Effie Friend, 71, died at her home in Friendsville, Md., last Saturday morning. Her husband, W. H. Friend, preceded her in death three years ago. She was the daughter of Elijah and Annie E. Friend. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Thelma Helena Gilleland, Hagerstown; one sister, Mrs. Mae Black, Friendsville; two brothers, Bonnel Friend and H. Amster Friend, Pittsburgh, and two grandchildren, Thomas Ulrich Gilleland and Virginia Lee Gilleland. Private funeral services were held Monday, at her home following which last rites were held at the Methodist Church with Rev. R. L. Greyolds, pastor of the Methodist Church, Ridgeley, W.Va., in charge of the service and Rev. H. R. Wriston, assisting. Interment was in the Friendsville Cemetery. Mrs. Friend had been a member of the Friendsville Methodist Church since 1885. Meyersdale Republican, July 22, 1943