OBIT: Melba R. (BITTNER) LAPE, 1998, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  LAPE
  
    Melba R. Lape, 81, Water Level Road, Somerset, died March 19, 1998,
  at her residence.  Born Feb. 8, 1917, in Black Township, daughter of
  the late Elmer Bittner.  Preceded in death by her husband, Harold
  "Sleepy" Lape, in 1983; and brothers: Samuel, Elmer and Dewey
  Bittner.  Survived by her mother, Jennet (Barbour) Bittner, Somerset;
  and these children: Harold Edward Lape, married to the former Shelva
  Lynn Brant, Somerset; and Mrs. David (Debra) Mowry, Shanksville; four
  grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.  Sister of: John Bittner,
  Mrs. J.R. (Ida Mae) Lehman, Mrs. Carl (Sarah Ann) Watts, and Mrs.
  Richard (Janet) King, all of Somerset; Dorothy Friedline, Sipesville;
  and Allan Bittner, Rockwood.  Last employed by the Somerset Area
  Agency on Aging.  Friends will be received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
  today (Saturday) at the Wilbur D. Miller Funeral Home, Somerset,
  where funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, Rev. Roger
  Forry officiating.  Interment, Somerset County Memorial Park. 
  Memorial contributions may be given in her honor to the American
  Arthritis Foundation.
  
  Daily American, March 21, 1998
  
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