OBIT: Caroline Burkholder GLOTFELTY, 1931, formerly of Somerset County, PA

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CAROLINE BURKHOLDER GLOTFELTY

  Mrs. Caroline Burkholder Glotfelty, wife of the late Richard Glotfelty, for 
many years a resident of Elk Lick Township, died at the home of her daughter, 
Mrs. Myrtle Knieriem, in Frostburg, Md., Feb. 2, 1931, aged almost 80 years.  
Her late husband, who died nearly three years ago, was from his early manhood up 
to the time of his death, a prosperous farmer of Elk Lick Township, and resided 
on the farm where he was born and reared, about two miles east of Salisbury.
  Mr. and Mrs. Glotfelty were united in marriage about the year 1875, and were 
the parents of seven children, two of whom preceded their parents to the grave.  
The surviving children are: Albert, of Greenville Township; David, of Elk Lick 
Township; Mrs. Leora Jenkins and Mrs. Myrtle Knieriem, of Frostburg, Md., and 
Miss Melissa, of Washington, D.C.
  Mrs. Glotfelty had been in poor health for years and soon after the death of 
her husband made her home with one of her daughters, in Frostburg, Md.  Her 
death was due to a complication of diseases, and three weeks before she died she 
was stricken with paralysis, from which she was unable to recover.
  She was a faithful member of the Lutheran Church and retained her church 
membership in Salisbury, where she worshipped for many years, but after making 
her home in Frostburg attended the Lutheran Church there.  Her funeral was 
conducted by the pastor of the Frostburg Lutheran Church, assisted by Rev. S. D. 
Sigler, pastor of the Lutheran Church of Salisbury.  The obsequies were held at 
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jenkins, her son-in-law and daughter, in 
Frostburg.
  Her body was brought to Salisbury for burial, and was laid to rest in the 
I.O.O.F. Cemetery.   The funeral and burial took place last Thursday afternoon.
  In addition to her surviving children, Mrs. Glotfelty is also survived by 13 
grandchildren, one great-grandchild, one brother and one sister.  The surviving 
brother and sister are Peter Burkholder and Melissa Lohr, of Garrett.

Meyersdale Republican, February 12, 1931