OBIT: Bertha Mae (SHAFFER) HERSH, 1993, formerly of Somerset County, PA
  
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  HERSH
  
    Bertha Mae Hersh, 75, 518 Liberty Ave., Johnstown, formerly of
  Stoystown RD 2, died Oct. 28, 1993, at Lee Hospital, Johnstown.  Born
  May 24, 1918, in Cambria  County, daughter of James Garfield and
  Lillie Belle (Parson) Shaffer.  Preceded in death by parents;
  husband, William Henry; sister, Mary Grace; and brother, Robert Earl
  Shaffer.  Survived by these sons: Robert Lee, with whom she resided;
  Russell Gilbert, married to the former Carol Zuccolotto; William
  Henry Jr., married to the former Theresa Boyer; and Dennis Ray, and
  his fiancee, Darlene Gary, all of Somerset; three grandchildren and
  three great-grandchildren.  Sister of: Minnie Huth, Akron, Ohio;
  Mayme Natta, Windber; Lester Earl Shaffer, Somerset; Ethel Marie Mock
  and Anna Pearl Findley, both of Vinco; David Shaffer, Johnstown;
  Raymond Charles Shaffer, Winterhaven, Fla.; Clarence Shaffer,
  Pawling, N.Y; Audrey Lucille Shaffer, Central City; and Dorothy
  Swope, Sharon, Pa.  Also numerous nieces and nephews.  Formerly
  employed by St. Benedict's School and the Johnstown Food Pantry. 
  Member of Ferndale United Methodist Church and former member of
  Otterbein U.M. Church, Wilbur.  Family will receive friends from 7-9
  p.m. Saturday and from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Sunday at Deaner Funeral
  Home, Stoystown, where services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, with
  the Rev. Keith M. Dovenspike officiating.  Interment, Otterbein
  Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, October 30, 1993
  
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