OBIT: Emma L. "Louise" (Bantley) LANNING, 2007, Windber, Somerset County, PA
 
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  LANNING, Emma L. (Bantley) (Louise) 08/08/07  Daily American
  
    Emma L. "Louise" (Bantley) Lanning, 95, Church of the Brethren Home, formerly of
  Windber, died Aug. 1, 2007, at the home. Born Feb.24, 1912, in Windber, daughter of
  the late Albert G. and Emma (Kinney) Bantley. Also preceded in death by husband, Allan A.
  Lanning, who died June 2, 1979; brothers, Albert, Charles, William and Richard Bantley;
  and sisters, Mary Hughes and Florence Bantley. Sister of Harriet B. Hayes, widow of
  Willam, Johnstown; Estelle B. Dome, widow of Ralph, Lower Gwynedd; and George H. Bantley,
  and wife former Helen Berger, Pittsburgh. Also survived by eight nieces and nephews and 22
  grandnieces and grandnephews. Aunt Louise will be especially missed by niece, Leslie
  Shaffer, and her husband Gene and family. Graduate of Windber High School Class of 1929
  and a graduate of former Shippensburg Normal School. She was a teacher in the Windber
  School District for 41 years. Member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Windber, where she
  served on the Altar Guild and was a greeter. Louise enjoyed bowling playing cards, going
  to the beach, and fishing at Pine Lake. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m.
  Thursday at Meek and Dalla Valle Funeral Home Inc., Windber, and from 10 a.m. until time
  of service at 11 a.m. Friday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. The Rev. David Letscher,
  pastor, officiating. Interment Richland Cemetery. Memorials may be made to either Good
  Shepherd Lutheran Church or Windber Public Library in Mrs. Lanning's memory.