OBIT: Anna (Wirsing) HAVNER, 1932, native of Somerset County, PA 
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ANNA WIRSING HAVNER

  Mrs. Anna Wirsing Havner died at her home in Charlestown, Henry Clay Township, 
Fayette County, at 10:00 p.m., Tuesday evening, July 12th, after a long illness, 
the last month of which she was confined to her bed, suffering from anemia.  She 
was born at Addison, March 27, 1864, a daughter of the late Samuel and Samantha 
Wirsing, and was aged 68 years, 3 months and 15 days.
  She was married in 1883 to Sullivan J. Havner, and began housekeeping in 
Confluence.  After eight years in Confluence, they moved to Charlestown, on a 
farm, where they have since resided.  Mrs. Havner, when quite young, joined the 
Methodist Episcopal Church at Addison, and has retained her membership there.  
She was a sincere Christian, and a kind and loving mother.  She was a friend of 
all who knew her, and her neighbors have nothing but the highest praise for her 
sterling qualities.
  She is survived by her husband and the following children:  Mrs. Myrtle 
Crawford, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.; Mrs. Frank (Mamie) McElhaney, Connellsville; Mrs. 
Morris (Pearl) Coddington, Selbysport, Md.; Roy Havner, Oakland, Md.; Mrs. 
Russell (Nellie) Sinclair, Linwood; Willis Havner, Toledo, Ohio; and Harry, at 
home.  Surviving also are 28 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.  There 
also survives four half-sisters, Mrs. Laura Shultz, Pittsburgh; Mrs. Leah 
Wisserman, Miss Maude Hileman and Miss Emma Hileman, Somerset.  Two daughters 
preceded her to the grave.  Funeral services were held at the family home at 
2:00 p.m., Friday, Rev. W. L. Morgan, pastor of the Confluence M.E. Church, 
officiating.  Interment in Addison Cemetery.  The pallbearers were the three 
sons, Roy, Willis and Harry Havner, and three grandsons, Theodore and Arnold 
Crawford, and Harold Coddington.  Charles B. Humbert was the funeral director in 
charge.

Meyersdale Republican, July 21, 1932