OBIT: Thelma I. (Shaulis) GRIFFITH, 2005, Davidsville, Somerset County, PA
  
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  Griffith, Thelma I. (Shaulis)  09/10/05  Daily American
  
  Thelma I. (Shaulis) Griffith, 89, Cambridge Ave., Davidsville, formerly of
  Hollsopple RD, died Sept. 9, 2005, at Laurel View Village. Born May 5, 1916, in
  Conemaugh Township, daughter of E.M. and Nellie (Ott) Shaulis. Preceded in death
  by parents and grandparents. Survived by husband of 67 years, Kenneth G.; sons,
  Dale K., married to Linda Johnson, Pittsburgh; and Marlin C., married to Cathy
  Stutzman, Somerset; grandchildren, Michael Griffith, and wife Pam; Lori
  Kurtzhal, and husband Dan; and Dawn Davis, and husband Greg; and step
  grandchildren, Beth Houpt, and husband Dave; Matt Bender, and wife Kim; and
  Jeremy Bender, and wife Jessica. Also survived by four great-grandchildren and
  five step great-grandchildren. Sister of Evelyn Ritchey-Como, married to Roy
  Como, Martinsburg. She was a 1934 graduate of the former Boswell High School.
  Member of Jennerstown United Methodist Church and the Seventh Society of Farm
  Women. Life member of Somerset Historical Society and Retired Senior Volunteer
  Program. She had been active in the quilters at the former Hollsopple Senior
  Citizens Center. Past secretary for the National Association of Retired Federal
  Employees. Retired head cook at the former J.B.J. High School cafeteria.
  Longtime member of the former St. James Lutheran Church, where she was a Sunday
  school teacher and choir member. She was a resident of Laurel View Village for
  the past 10 years and observed her 67th wedding anniversary Aug. 6, 2005.
  Viewing will be held from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Hoffman Funeral Home
  & Cremation Services, Main Street, Boswell, where a service will be held at
  10:30 a.m. Monday. The Rev. Wes Yoder officiating. Interment St. James
  Cemetery, Jenner Township. Farm Women service at 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral
  home