OBIT: Agnes (Glotfelty) HAY, 1940, Elk Lick, Somerset County, PA

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AGNES HAY

  Mrs. Agnes Hay, one of Elk Lick Township's most highly esteemed citizens, died 
at her beautiful farm residence, about two miles northwest of the village of St. 
Paul, last Saturday, following a long illness, at the age of 83 years, 10 months 
and 14 days.  The cause of her death was diabetes and the infirmities of old 
age.  She was a patient in the Hazel McGilvery Hospital, Meyersdale, for a short 
time prior to her death.  Her husband, who had been one of the best and most 
widely known farmers of Elk Lick Township, died 21 years ago.
  Mrs. Hay was the last surviving child of the late John and Mary Dively 
Glotfelty, who also had been prominent citizens of Elk Lick Township and 
Salisbury borough.  Seven brothers and one sister, preceded her in death, 
namely, Urbanis, a volunteer soldier in the Union Army, who was slain during the 
Civil War, in the great Battle of the Wilderness, and was buried in an unknown 
grave; Edward and Joseph, who had been located in Illinois; Calvin, Milton and 
Mrs. John R. Brown, who died in Salisbury; Jacob, who died in Grantsville, Md., 
and William, who died in Frostburg, Md.
  She is survived by these children: Mary, Pearl, Blanche, and Florence Hay, and 
Maud, wife of William E. Gnagey, all residing on the Hay farm, one of the finest 
in Southern Somerset County, of which Mr. Gnagey is manager, and located on R.D. 
Mail Route No. 1, leading thereto from Meyersdale.
  Mrs. Hay from her early childhood was a member of St. John's Reformed Church 
in Salisbury, but after her marriage had her membership transferred to the St. 
Paul Reformed congregation.  In addition to being a valued member of her church, 
she was also a most notable wife and mother, and the best kind of a neighbor.
  Funeral services were conducted at the Hay residence, Tuesday afternoon, by 
the Rev. A. J. Forry, pastor of the St. Paul Reformed Church, assisted by Rev. 
S. E. Lobach of Waynesboro, and Rev. C. L. Bash, former pastor of the church.  
Interment was in the St. Paul Cemetery, under the direction of W. C. Price, 
mortician, of Meyersdale.

Meyersdale Republican, March 7, 1940