OBIT: Viola E. (KENNELL) GETZ, 1984, native of Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Martha Matsuda Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ VIOLA E. GETZ Viola E. Getz, 82, died January 31, 1984, at the Donahue Manor Nursing Home in Bedford. Born in Southampton Township, Somerset County, Aug. 27, 1901, she was a daughter of the late William B. Kennell and Effie (Lepley) Kennell. Her husband, John B. Getz, died Aug. 18, 1952. She was a member of Zion Lutheran and Reformed Church, the Senior Citizens of Wellersburg, and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Wellersburg Volunteer Fire Department. She is survived by three sons, Robert L. Getz, Indian Rocks Beach, Fla.; Jay W. Getz, Wellersburg; John P. Getz, Hyndman RD 1; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Louise Diehl, Manns Choice RD 1; Mrs. Joan P. Murray, Corriganville, Md.; two brothers, Albert Kennell, Wellersburg; James Kennell, Hyndman RD 1: two sisters, Mrs. Pearl Emerick, Hyndman RD 1; Mrs. Jenny Weimer, Wellersburg; four grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Friends were received at the Harvey H. Zeigler Funeral Home, Hyndman, where services were conducted by the Rev. Harold W. Crabtree. Interment was in Rest Lawn Memorial Gardens, LaVale, Md. The Republic, February 9, 1984 [G0366]