OBIT: Catherine (Olinger) GAREY, 1915, native of Somerset County, PA

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Garey, Catherine Olinger

MRS. GAREY DEAD FORMERLY OF SOMERSET COUNTY, Mrs. Catherine Olinger Garey, widow 
of the late Samuel H. Garey, died at the home of her son, Fred Gary (Garey?), in 
Carleton, Nebraska, on November 10, aged 82 years, 11 months and 3 days. 
Catherine Olinger was born at Meyersdale, Pa. December 7, 1832, where she passed 
her girlhood days. She was married on December 16, 1855 to Samuel H. Garey. They 
moved to Carleton in 1880 where they lived on a farm for many years. Mr. Garey 
died in 1905. She joined the Lutheran Church in girlhood, afterwards uniting 
with the Methodist Episcopal Church at Carleton, where she continued to live a 
devoted follower of Christ, and died in the hope of the resurrection in Him. She 
is survived by the following children: J. H. Garey, living in Montana; J. U. 
Garey, at Firmont, Neb; Will Garey, of Eldentra, Calif.; Mrs. Ida Sanggwin, of 
Herrington, Kans.; Mrs. Clara Bristow of Rupert, Idaho and J. F. Garey, at 
Carleton, Neb. Deceased was a sister of the late John Olinger of Meyersdale and 
also of the late Mrs. Philip Hay, of Brothersvalley Township. The husband of the 
deceased was a brother of Dr. Henry Garey of Pittsburg, and the late Nelson 
Garey of Berlin.

Meyersdale Commercial, Dec. 2, 1915