OBIT: Mabel L. (STEPHENS) HORNBAKE, 2000, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  MABEL L. HORNBAKE
  June 21, 1913- March 22, 2000
  
    Mabel L. Hornbake, 86, of Ebensburg, died March 22, 2000, at Conemaugh
  Hospital, Johnstown. 
    Born June 21, 1913, in New York County, she was the daughter of Alexander
  and Mary Catherine (Lange) Stephens.  In addition to her parents, she was
  also preceded in death by her husband, David Edwin; four children and a
  brother, Alexander.
    She is survived by these children: Joanne St. Pierre, Pittsburgh; and
  David E. Hornbake, Jr., Portage; the following grandchildren: Jon Paul St.
  Pierre, David M. Hornbake, Daniel Hornbake and Cindy L. Coleman; and nine
  great-grandchildren. 
    She was a sister of Lillian Shumaker, Katherine Beal and Paul Stephens of
  Meyersdale; and Gloria Ritchey, Everett.  She was a graduate of Butler High
  School, California University of Pennsylvania and Indiana University of
  Pennsylvania.  She was a retired teacher and counselor with IU-08, Portage;
  and was a member of the PSEA, Historical Society of Cambria County, and the
  Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel of Loretto.  She was a woman who
  touched many lives.
    Friends were received March 23 and 24 at Matevish and Matevish Funeral
  Home, Ebensburg, where a vigil wake service was held March 24.  Services
  were held March 25 at St. Michael the Archangel, Loretto, with the Rev.
  Michael Becker officiating.  Interment, Sts. Philip & James Cemetery,
  Meyersdale.
  
  The New Republic, March 30, 2000
  
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