OBIT: Elizabeth (PRITTS) LOHR, 1947, Garrett, Somerset County, PA

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ELIZABETH PRITTS LOHR

  Mrs. Elizabeth Pritts Lohr, wife of the late Albert Lohr of Garrett, died 
Tuesday morning, February 18, in the Community Hospital in Painesville, Ohio.  
"Aunt Lizzie," as she was affectionately known by many people in Garrett, was 
the daughter of the late Jacob and Catherine Atcheson Pritts of Garrett, and was 
born in Brothersvalley Township in 1868.  Her husband died 35 years ago.
  She is survived by the following named children: Mary Lohr Snyder, Edith Lohr 
Snyder, Lawrence Lohr and William Lohr, all of Painesville; Stella Lohr Lee, 
Willoughby, Ohio, and by three brothers and one sister: Samuel Pritts and 
Charles Pritts, of Garrett; Noah Pritts, Meyersdale and Mrs. Annie Pritts 
Sevits, Berlin; also by 32 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
  During the past 20 years Mrs. Lohr lived in Painesville at the home of her 
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Snyder.
  Her body was brought to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clyde Robertson in 
Meyersdale, last Thursday.  Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Saturday, in 
Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church, Garrett, of which she was a member.  In 
the absence of the pastor, Rev. F. D. Witmer, Rev. J. E. Gindlesperger of 
Meyersdale, officiated.  Interment was made in the Ridge View Cemetery, Garrett, 
under direction of H. R. Konhaus.
  Out-of-town people who attended the rites were Victor Snyder and family, 
Charles Snyder and family, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lohr and daughter Ruth, and 
sons Edward and Lawrence, and Mr. and Mrs. William Lohr, all of Painesville, 
Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Homer Lee, Willoughby, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. James Fenner, Mrs. 
Clara Snyder, Geneva, Ohio; George Christner and family, Cumberland, Md.; Mr. 
and Mrs. Carl Werner and Edward Pritts and son, Clark Pritts, of Meyersdale and 
Mrs. Walter Wills of Westernport, Md.

Meyersdale Republican, February 27, 1947