OBIT: Nelle (SHANK) HUNTER, 1996, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  NELLE HUNTER
  
    Nelle Hunter, 107, of Niagara Falls, N.Y., formerly of Shanksville, died
  May 11, 1996, at St. Mary's Manor, Niagara Falls.  Born July 22, 1888, in a
  log cabin near Shanksville, daughter of John and Sara Jane (Spangler)
  Shank.  Preceded in death by husband, Charles, in 1955; son, John, in 1995;
  son-in-law, Herbert M. Wilson, in 1993, and daughter-in-law, Martha
  (Zimmerman) Hunter, in 1990.  Also sister, Carrie Custer, and brothers,
  George and Dave Shank.  Survived by these children: Ruth T. Wilson, La
  Vale, Md., and Joe Hunter, Niagara Falls, N.Y., with whom she resided the
  past four years.  Grandchildren: Sally Barmoy and husband, John W., La
  Vale, Md.; Nancy Smith, Suffield, Ct., and Chuck Hunter and wife, Diane,
  Clay, N.Y.  Ten great-grandchildren, 4 great-great-grandchildren.  Member
  of Shanksville United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday school for
  more than 50 years.  She was a direct descendant of Christian Shank, who
  founded Shanksville.  Family will receive friends from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
  Tuesday at Deaner Funeral Home, Stoystown, where service will be held at 11
  a.m. Wednesday, Rev. Doug Burns.  Interment, Walker Cemetery, Shanksville.
  
  Daily American, May 13, 1996
  
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