OBIT: Ezra J. HARDESTY, 2000, of interest in 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/ _______________________________________________ HARDESTY Ezra J. Hardesty, 97, of Ellettsville, Ind., died Dec. 3 at Bloomington (Ind.) Hospital. Born March 26, 1903 in Terra Alta, W.Va. Son of Thornton P. and Emma Jane (Reckart) Hardesty. Preceded in death by parents, four brothers and seven sisters. Survived by wife Mary Jenkins Hardesty, Ellettsville, Ind.; son Donald Hardesty, Reno, Nev.; daughter, Shirley Calvert, Bloomington, Ind.; sister, Clara Martin, Kingwood, W.Va., and grandchildren Stacy Calvert, Denver, Colo. and Travis Calvert, Fishers, Ind. Transformer winder for R.E. Uptegraff Transformer Co., Somerset. Has been a sales clerk for the Bargain House in West Virginia. Member of Ellettsville First United Methodist Church and Ellettsville Senior Citizens Club. Friends will be received from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Chandler Funeral Home, Ellettsville, Ind. where a funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dr. P.T. Wilson officiating. Interment, Chambersville Cemetery. Daily American, December 5, 2000 [H0232]