OBIT: Edith (HERSH) HERWIG, 1948, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA

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EDITH HERWIG

  Mrs. Edith Herwig, wife of Elmer F. Herwig, R.D. 3, Meyersdale, died in the 
Somerset Community Hospital, Sunday morning, July 4, at the age of 72 years, 
nine months and 27 days.
  A daughter of Peter and Matilda (Sarver) Hersh, she was born in Berlin, 
September 7, 1875.
  In addition to her husband, she is survived by three sons, Karl 
Kerchensteiner, Meyersdale, R.D. 3; Harvey Kerchensteiner, Sand Patch, and Frank 
Kerchensteiner, Somerset; two daughters - Mrs. Homer Altmiller and Mrs. Robert 
Herwig, Friedens; one sister, Mrs. Effie Long, and one brother, Frank Hersh, 
both of Michawka, Ind.; 18 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
  Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, in the Price Funeral 
Home by the Rev. J. Ewing Jones, pastor of Hostetler Church of the Brethren.  
Interment was made in Union Cemetery, under direction of W. C. Price & Son.

Meyersdale Republican, July 8, 1948