OBIT: Virgie E. (LANCASTER) LOHR, 1982, Boswell RD, Somerset County, PA
  
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  LOHR
  
  Virgie E. Lohr, 76, Boswell RD 2, died unexpectedly evening of Jan.
  22, 1982, at home.  Born April 25, 1905, in Avilton, Md., daughter of
  Elmer and Florence (Wampler) Lancaster.  Preceded in death by parents;
  husband, Josiah H., who died in 1967; also three brothers, Stanley,
  Homer, and Daniel Sheridan Lancaster.  Survived by adopted daughter,
  Crystal, at home.  Foster mother to 25 including: Guy Shroyer, at
  home; Marlene Kramer, Johnstown; Joann Danielli, Hollsopple; Dorothy
  Barnick, Boswell RD 2; and Marsha Barchey, Mesa, Ariz.; nine foster
  grandchildren.  Sister of: Ethel Foster, Zanesville, Ohio; Victor,
  Mrs. Ida Russell and Mrs. Gladys Griffith, all of Boswell RD 3; Elsie
  Layton, Jerome; and Ellis, Medford, Oregon.  Recipient of Children's
  Aid Society plaque for 31 years of caring and providing a foster
  family home.  Friends were received from 7-9 p.m. Sunday and will be
  received until 9 p.m. Monday at the Hoffman Funeral Home, 409 Main
  St., Boswell, where services will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday, with the
  Rev. Samuel E. Charlton officiating.  Interment, Jenner Crossroads
  Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, January 25, 1982
  
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