OBIT: Ada Margretta (POORBAUGH) HAY, 1981, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  ADA P. HAY
  
    Mrs. Ada Margretta Hay, 77, of 1208 East Hamilton Avenue, Tampa, Fla.,
  died May 12, 1981 in Tampa.
    She was born May 15, 1903 in Northampton Township, daughter of the late
  Harvey McClellan and Anna (Scheller) Poorbaugh.  She was preceded in death
  by four brothers and two sisters.
    She is survived by her husband, Royden B. Hay; two daughters: Mrs. John
  (Margretta) McGary of Gainsville, Fla. and Mrs. Edward (Janet) Legerton of
  El Cajon, California; four grandchildren: Larry McGary, St. Petersburg,
  Fla.; Gary, Jeffrey, and Cheryl Legerton, all of San Diego, Ca. and two
  great grandchildren, Brent and Wendy McGary.  Also survived by two sisters:
  Mrs. Bertha Smith, Charleston, W.Va.; and Mrs. Herman (Mary) Keefer of
  Akron, Ohio.
    Her death terminated a marriage of 54 years.  She and Royden were married
  September 8, 1926 at her childhood church, Mt. Lebanon Reformed Church,
  Glencoe.  The Hay's owned and operated Royden's parental home farm near the
  Hay's Church in Brothersvalley Township for many years and were residents of
  Tampa for nearly 29 years.
    Funeral services were held in Tampa on May 15.  Interment, Garden of
  Memories, Tampa.
  
  The Republic, June 11, 1981
  
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