OBIT: Ruth Lasine (MENGES) LANCIA, 1998, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  LANCIA
  
    Ruth Lasine Menges Lancia, 86, of Raleigh, N.C., died April 7, 1998, in
  the Palliative Care Unit at REX Hospital after a brief illness.  Born in
  Berlin, Pa., she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Goucher College in 1933. 
  Afterward she worked for the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. before
  marrying Humbert C. "Bert" Lancia in 1940.  They moved to Evanston, Ill.,
  where she worked as a teacher and school psychometrist for the Evanston
  School District.  She was a member of the Berlin Brethren Church.  Ruth and
  Bert were active volunteers at REX Hospital.  Mrs. Lancia is survived by her
  husband, Bert of Raleigh, two sons, Robert of Elgin, Ill. and Richard of
  Cary, N.C., a sister Mary Menges of Berlin, sister-in-law Theresa Lancia of
  Raleigh and grandchildren Neil and Alexander Lancia of Cary.  She was
  preceded in death by her parents, Dr. and Mrs. H.W. Menges of Berlin. 
  Memorial service will be held at 3 p.m., April 13 at the Episcopal Church
  of the Good Shepherd, Raleigh.  Family will receive friends in the church
  immediately following the service.  In lieu of flowers, please make
  contributions in memory of Ruth Lancia to the Palliative Care Unit, REX
  Healthcare Foundation Office, Suite 316, 2500 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh,
  N.C. 27607.  This unit exclusively cares for and comforts patients who have
  a terminal condition.  Arrangements by Brown Wynne Funeral Home, Cary.
  
  Daily American, April 9, 1998
  
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