OBIT: Lorraine "Peg" (BOWLBY) GERHARDT, 1984, Somerset, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Richard Boyer Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ GERHARDT Mrs. Lorraine (Peg) Gerhardt, 78, North Center Avenue, Somerset, died Dec. 7, 1984, at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. Born Feb. 6, 1906, in Somerset Township, daughter of the late Lorenzo Dowe and Cora (Pritts) Bowlby. Also preceded in death by her husband, Freeman W., and three brothers. Survived by daughter, Mrs. William (Iona) Brown, Virginia Beach, Va.; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two sisters: Mrs. Samuel (Violet) Sabtino, Jamesburg, N.J.; and Mrs. Earl (Ella) Bittner, Somerset. She was a member of St. Paul's United Church of Christ, AARP and Singles Club. She was a former lab technician with the H.W. Walker Company and Somerset Community Hospital. Employee of George's Mens Shop. Friends will be received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Monday at the Richard E. Hauger Funeral Home, where service will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, with the Rev. William Mulford officiating. Interment, Husband Cemetery. Daily American, December 10, 1984 [G0346]