OBIT: Margaret Elaine HOLT, 1932, Addison Twp., Somerset County, PA

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MARGARET ELAINE HOLT

  Margaret Elaine Holt, 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Holt, died 
at the home of her parents in Addison Township on Friday, May 13th, after an 
illness of over eight months, the past three weeks of which she was confined to 
her bed.
  Miss Holt was born on March 2, 1914, near Fair Oak, in Lower Turkeyfoot 
Township, and was aged 18 years, 2 months and 11 days. She was a daughter of 
Thomas and Ellen Holt, both of whom survive.  Surviving also are eight brothers 
and three sisters, as follows:  Charles C. Holt, Wilpin; Joseph H. Holt, at 
home; John B. Holt, Moron, Wyo.; George V. Holt, Thomas Holt, Jr., James M. 
Holt, Roy A. Holt, Arthur E. Holt, all at home; Mrs. Harry (Violet) Musgrove, 
Brinkerton; Mrs. Theodore (Ethel) Lester, Addison Township and Miss Olive Holt, 
Meyersdale.  Three sisters preceded her to the grave.
  Margaret E. Holt was a member of the Evangelical Church and Sunday School at 
Harnedsville.
  Funeral services were held in the Evangelical Church at Harnedsville at 2 
p.m., Sunday, May 15th, Rev. W. M. Minerd, pastor of the church, officiating.  
The pallbearers were Charles and Melvin Gillenberger, Victor, Morris and Ward 
McClintock and Melvin Keslar.  Interment in Ursina Cemetery, under direction of 
Charles B. Humbert.
  Among those who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. John Cochrane, 
Chartiers; Mr. and Mrs. Dean Cochrane, New Centerville; Mrs. David White, Mrs. 
Alice Wagner and Walter King, Connellsville; Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Holt and three 
children, Wilpin; Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Mitchell, Terra Alta, W.Va.; Mr. and 
Mrs. C. C. Wall and son, Ira, Johnstown, and Miss Olive Holt, Meyersdale.

Meyersdale Republican, May 19, 1932