OBIT: Sarah Jane (KNEE) HOSTETLER, 1942, Somerset Borough, Somerset County, PA

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SARAH JANE HOSTETLER

  Death claimed Mrs. Sarah Jane Hostetler, 93, Somerset Borough's oldest 
resident and one of the best known resident's of the county on Friday evening, 
June 19.
  She passed away at the home of her son, Hal Hostetler of Somerset, after an 
illness of less than two weeks.
  Mrs. Hostetler maintained a keen interest in life until her recent illness. 
She was active in the affairs of the Christian Church and of a number of other 
organizations, including the W.C.T.U.  She was the oldest member of the latter 
organization and was present at the Southwestern Regional convention of the 
union in Somerset several weeks ago.  She also participated in the recent 
Memorial Day parade in Somerset.
  She was born in Somerset on August 10, 1848, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Solomon Knee, pioneer residents of Somerset, and with the exception of one year 
had spent her entire life in her native town.  Following her graduation from the 
Somerset public schools, Mrs. Hostetler attended the Somerset Normal School and 
then taught a year in Maryland.  She returned to Somerset a year later and 
taught school in the county for two years prior to her marriage.  She also 
taught in Richland Township, Cambria County, more than three-quarters of a 
century ago.
  Her husband, William M. Hostetler, a veteran of the Civil War, died in 1912.  
He was Somerset's leading custom tailor for many years.  Mrs. Hostetler was the 
mother of five sons.  Surviving are two sons, Paul and Hal, both of Somerset; 
nine grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
  Funeral services were conducted at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Charles 
R. Hauger Funeral Home by Rev. J. F. Messenger, pastor of the First Christian 
Church.  Burial was in the Husband Cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, June 25, 1942