OBIT: Tosca Fosca Marie (PITTINE) LENHART, 1946, Garrett, Somerset County, PA

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TOSCA FOSCA MARIE LENHART

  Mrs. Tosca Fosca Marie Lenhart, wife of Mr. Andrew W. Lenhart of Garrett died 
Monday, November 11, in the Cresson Sanitarium.  Mrs. Lenhart, the daughter of 
Ettre and Annita Pittine, was born in Florence, Italy, October 31, 1920.  It was 
while Mr. Lenhart was stationed in Italy while serving in ???? the had the 
misfortune of being one of ???? Tosca, and later married her.
  When arrangements were made for Mrs. Lenhart to sail for the United States as 
a war bride she had the misfortune of being one of the passengers on the ill 
fated Allagenta.  She and her husband arrived in the States last May and lived 
at the home of Mr. Lenhart's parents until September 20th, when Mrs. Lenhart was 
taken to the Somerset Community Hospital and later to the Cresson Hospital where 
she died.
  She is survived by her husband and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ettre Pittine of 
Florence, Italy.  A twin brother was killed in the invasion of Northern Africa.
  Funeral services, under the direction of Mills & Mickey of Rockwood, were 
conducted Thursday afternoon at two o'clock from the Evangelical Church, with 
Rev. W. J. Miller of Johnstown officiating.  Interment in the Highland Cemetery.
  The following members of Norman W. Yutzy Post of the American Legion acted as 
pall bearers: Roy Bush, Guy Lenhart, Donald Grant, Stanley Nedrow, Robert 
Walters and Robert Sheeler.
  Out of town people attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Yoder and 
children Dorothy and Marie, of Isabella, Pa., Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Ludden of 
Meyersdale, Robert Lenhart of Lancaster and Richard Lenhart who is in the United 
States Air Force.

Meyersdale Republican, November 22, 1946

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