OBIT: Minnie P. (ASH) HAY, 1983, Berlin RD, Somerset County, PA
  
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  MINNIE P. HAY
  
    Minnie P. Hay, 68, of Berlin RD 3, died Feb. 20, 1983, at Somerset
  Community Hospital.
    She was born Feb. 28, 1914, in McHenry, Maryland, daughter of Joseph B.
  and Ellen Jane (Bender) Ash.  She was preceded in death by her parents,
  brothers, Robert, Charles and Homer Ash, and sisters, Martha Diehl and Anna
  Opel.
    She is survived by her husband, John Engle Hay, and these children:
  Harold of Berlin RD 3; Mrs. John (Dorothy) Watkins of Berlin; Mrs. Neil
  (Ruth) Brant, Mt. Holly, NJ; and Mrs. William (Sandra) Thompson,
  Middletown, Md.; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.  Also
  survived by two sisters, Mrs. Lydia Sweitzer, Swanton, Md.; and Mrs. Hulda
  Thornburg of South Carolina.  She was a member of the First Brethren Church
  of Berlin, Women's Missionary Society, Valley Grange 878.  She was a 4-H
  leader for many years and was active in community affairs.
    Friends were received at the Johnson-Kuhlman Funeral Home, Berlin, where
  services were held with the Rev. Ralph E. Mills and the Rev. Charles W.
  Sigler officiating.  Interment, Berlin IOOF Cemetery.  Contributions in her
  memory to the Brethren Church Memorial Fund would be appreciated.
  
  The Republic, February 24, 1983
  
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