OBIT: Mildred (VAN ORDER) HOLTZOPPLE, 1944, native of Somerset County, PA

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MILDRED HOLTZOPPLE

Expired While Helping to Trim Christmas Tree
Sudden and Untimely Death of Mrs. Victor Holtzopple in Johnstown

  BERLIN, Dec. 20 - Mrs. Mildred M. Holtzopple, wife of Victor Holtzopple, died 
very suddenly in her home in Johnstown, Saturday evening, Dec. 16, at 9:30, 
while helping her husband trim a Christmas tree.
  She was 37 years old and was the daughter of Mrs. C. E. Van Order of Berlin.
  Besides her husband and mother she is survived by a young son, Tommy, and a 
sister, Mary Van Order Austin, of Somerset.
  Mrs. Holtzopple was a graduate of Berlin High School and before her marriage 
was an efficient linotype operator at the Berlin Publishing Co. for 16 years.
  In her girlhood she was very active in the young people's department of the 
Berlin Brethren Church and for a number of years was patroness of the Sisterhood 
of Mary and Martha.  She held offices in the State and National C. E. 
organizations.
  She was a member of the Berlin Rebekah Lodge.  After her marriage she took an 
active part in the Rebekah Lodge in Moxham, and in church and community affairs.  
She was also a member of the Geistown Farm Women's Society, and of the Ladies 
Auxiliary of the Riverside Firemen.
  Her untimely death at the beginning of the Christmas season is greatly mourned 
by many friends.
  Funeral services were held at the home of her mother on Cumberland Street, 
Berlin, Tuesday, at 2:30 p.m., with Rev. George L. Menhorn of the Moxham 
Lutheran Church and Rev. S. M. Whetstone of the Berlin Brethren Church 
officiating.  Interment in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery under the direction of Johnson 
& Son.
  
Meyersdale Republican, December 21, 1944