OBIT: Bertha Mae GETTIG, 1994, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  BERTHA GETTIG
  
    Bertha Mae Gettig, 73, of Tarpon Springs, Fla. died Sept. 23, 1994 at her
  home in Tarpon Springs.
    Born in Finzel, Md., she grew up in Meyersdale, attended Juniata College,
  Memorial Hospital School of Nursing obtaining an R. N. diploma, and the
  University of Pittsburgh, obtaining a bachelor of science degree.  She
  taught nursing and science courses in Pittsburgh and McKeesport.
    She married Robert E. Gettig of Cumberland, Md. in 1943.  They lived in
  Pittsburgh and then Long Island N.Y.  They moved to Clearwater, Fla. in
  1964, and Robert passed away in 1965.
    Bertha continued to work as an R.N., raising their five children.  Bertha
  later relocated to Tarpon Springs in 1985.
    In 1986 she underwent radical pelvic surgery.  She recovered well from
  surgery but subsequently battled respiratory difficulty frequently until
  her death on Sept. 23.
    Survivors include two sons; Bob Gettig of Palm Harbor, Fla., and Rick
  Gettig of Old Town, Fla,; three daughters;  Betty Holden of St. Petersburg,
  Fla.;  Brenda Gettig of San Diego, Calif.; and Linda Pedersen of Tampa,
  Fla.; a sister, Evelyn Ludwig of Somerset; an aunt, Awilda Wilhelm of
  Somerset; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
    Burial was Sept. 26 at Serenity Gardens, Garden of Prayer, Largo, Fla.
  
  New Republic, November 3, 1994
  
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