OBIT: Margaret (SWARTZ) HANFT, 1944, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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MARGARET HANFT

  Mrs. Margaret Hanft, aged 90 years, widow of the late Charles L. Hanft, died 
at the home of her son, William, Cove, Md., Sunday evening, April 16.
  She was paralyzed Monday, April 10 and was unconscious till her death.
  Mrs. Hanft was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Johannes Swartz, natives 
of Germany, who emigrated to America with their two young daughters and located 
in the Cove settlement between Keyser's Ridge and Bear Creek.
  Mrs. Hanft spent nearly her entire life in the Cove Community, where she was 
well known.  Her husband died 22 years ago.  They had 12 children, six of whom 
survive, namely: John of Grantsville; Mrs. Conrad (Louise) Oester, Mrs. Barbara 
Gardner and William, Cove; Mrs. John (Cora) Friend, Acosta, Pa.; Mrs. David 
(Margaret) Glotfelty, Salisbury, Pa.
  Twenty-five grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren also survive.
  Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon in the Cove German Lutheran 
Church, Rev. H. H. Fichensher officiating.  Interment in the church cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, April 20, 1944