OBIT: Mary I. (Ferner) GEARY, 2005, Rockwood, Somerset County, PA
  
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  Geary, Mary I.   06/07/05  Daily American
  
  Mary I. Geary, 99, Rockwood, passed on June 5, 2005, at The Patriot. Born June
  10, 1905, in Milford Township, she is the daughter of the late John S. Ferner
  and Minnie (Miller) Ferner Pletcher. She is preceded in passing by her parents;
  stepfather, Jeremiah Pletcher; husband Jesse T. Geary in 1960; sisters, Anna
  Cramer and Laura Ellen Thomas and brothers, Paul and John Ferner and numerous
  stepbrothers and stepsisters. She was the last survivor of her generation. She
  is survived by her sister-in-law, Ruby Ferner, Rockwood, and many nieces and
  nephews; great-nieces and nephews and great-great-nieces and nephews. She was a
  charter member and part of the organizing group of the New Centerville and Rural
  Volunteer Fire Department and the Milford Grange. She was a longtime and well
  known participant in the preparation of banquets in the New Centerville area.
  She was a longtime member of the Rebekah Lodge in Kingwood and was a member of
  the election board of New Centerville Borough. She was a lifetime member and
  active participant of the Middlecreek Church of the Brethren and also served on
  the Middlecreek Cemetery Association. She was an avid quilter and loved to make
  afghans for family members. She was active in her community well into her 90s
  and touched hundreds of lives during her life. She developed an extended family
  and will be greatly missed by the residents and staff of The Patriot. Friends
  may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Miller Funeral Home, Rockwood. A service
  will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Middlecreek Church of the Brethren. The
  Rev. Nancy Good officiating. Interment at the Middlecreek Cemetery. Memorial
  contributions may be sent to the Middlecreek Church of the Brethren at 4445
  Kingwood Road, Rockwood, PA 15557 or the New Centerville Fire Dept. Ladies
  Auxiliary at 3054 Kingwood Road, Rockwood, PA 15557.