OBIT: Sarah (Miller) LICHTY, 1930, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  SARAH LICHTY
  
    LA VERNE, Cal., Jan. 13 - The funeral services held for Mrs. Ephriam Lichty in 
  the Church of the Brethren Sunday afternoon were attended by several hundred 
  friends who came from Los Angeles and other California cities.  The services 
  were conducted by Rev. J. S. Zimmerman who had known the deceased for 31 years.  
  Rev. Galen K. Walker assisted.
    Misses Lois Rupert and Mae Chronister and Messrs. Marvin Bollinger and Vernon 
  Heckman sang two quartet numbers and Miss Rupert and Mr. Bollinger sang a duet.
    The pallbearers were D. E. Fox, D. B. Stayer, D. P. Holsinger, George Throne, 
  George Dull and J. S. Brower.
    Among the people present were Mr. and Mrs. John Wolfe of Los Angeles; Mr. and 
  Mrs. Peter Brubaker of Lynwood; E. K. Beeghley of Long Beach; Mr. and Mrs. 
  Harvey Miller, and Mrs. Eliza Sweitzer, of Pasadena; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Schrock 
  of Los Angeles, and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Schrock of Azusa.  Many former Waterloo, 
  Iowa, people were present as the deceased was well known at that place for her 
  quiet life of helpfulness.
    Interment was made in the Evergreen Cemetery.
    Mrs. Lichty leaves to mourn her loss her aged husband, with whom she lived for 
  55 years, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, and the following 
  brothers and sisters: John Miller, Davenport, Neb.; Mrs. Susan Dietz of Ohio; A. 
  B. Miller of Minneapolis, Minn.; Mrs. P. J. Summy and Mrs. Ada Saylor of 
  Waterloo, Iowa, and Mrs. E. S. Schrock, of Friedens, Pa.
    She was the daughter of William and Lydia Miller and was born in Meyersdale, 
  Pa., in 1853.  The family moved to Iowa when she was six years old.  There she 
  lived until six years ago when she came to La Verne with her husband.  Here they 
  made their home with Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Schrock.
    One daughter, Elsie, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Lichty.  She married D. F. 
  Schrock.  The Lichty's had their home with her.  In the fall of 1912 the 
  Schrocks came to California.  Mrs. Schrock caught cold on the way and died 
  November 12, six weeks after leaving Waterloo, Iowa. The Lichty's were here a 
  short time then but all went back to Iowa with the body of Mrs. Schrock.  Mrs. 
  Lichty cared for the three orphan grandsons until their father married again, 
  his second wife being Miss Cora Peck of Maple Glen, Somerset County, Pa.  Soon 
  afterward she took up her abode with the Schrocks and continued living there 
  until her death.  Tho quiet and of a home-loving nature, she was a power in the 
  community, especially in church circles.  Always the first on the scene in time 
  of sickness or trouble.  
    Mrs. Lichty's last social function was participation in the reception for her 
  youngest grandson and his bride, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Schrock of Azusa, held a 
  week ago Sunday.
  
  Meyersdale Republican, January 23, 1930