OBIT: Ethel Esther (HOSTETLER) KERSCHENSTEINER, 1998, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  KERSCHENSTEINER
  
  Ethel Esther Kerschensteiner, 87, of Somerset and formerly of
  Sandpatch died March 12, 1998 at Somerset Hospital.  Born March 27,
  1910 in Meyersdale, daughter of Silas Christian and Malinda (Folk)
  Hostetler.  Preceded in death by parents; husband, to whom she
  married Aug. 23, 1929, Harvey Lewis Kerschensteiner, who died Jan. 2,
  1968; four brothers: Carl, Floyd, Markle and Kenneth Hostetler and
  three sisters Orpha Burkholder, Carrie Edith Gindlesperger and
  Mildred Hostetler.  Survived by these children: Rev. Edward L.
  Kerschensteiner, married to the former Anna Lou Mazer, Boise, Idaho;
  and Doris Ann, wife of Bishop Irvin J. Knieriem, Somerset; eight
  grandchildren: Harold, A. Scott Kerschensteiner, and Dawn
  (Kerschensteiner) Heller, all of Boise, Idaho; Janice (Knieriem)
  Folmer, Meridian, Idaho; Elaine (Knieriem) Kitchens, Wendell
  Knieriem, and Denise (Knieriem) Neal, all of Somerset and Douglas
  Knieriem, Dover, Del.; and 23 great-grandchildren.  Sister of Mrs.
  Anna Shultz, Glencoe, and Bruce Hostetler, Boston, Mass.  She was a
  member of the Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic of Somerset.  Friends
  will be received from 7-9 p.m. Saturday and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Sunday
  at the Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic, 141 Forward Boulevard,
  Somerset, where services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, Bishop
  Irvin J. Knieriem and Rev. Edward L. Kerschensteiner officiating. 
  Interment, St. Paul Cemetery, Elk Lick Township.  Arrangements by
  Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home, Somerset.
  
  Daily American, March 13, 1998
  
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