OBIT: Bessie C. LONG, 1986, Friedens RD, Somerset County, PA
  
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  LONG
  
    Bessie C. Long, 88, of Friedens RD 1, died Nov. 17, 1986, at
  Somerset Community Hospital.  Born Aug. 27, 1898, in Quemahoning
  Township, daughter of the late Calvin and Minnie (Lease) Long.  Also
  preceded in death by sister, Verda P. Long.  She was a sister of:
  Alma Long and J. Chester, married to the former Thelma Knepper, both
  of Friedens RD 1; Mrs. Nancy Pfrogner, Frostburg, Md.; and a number
  of nieces and nephews.  She was a member of Friedens Lutheran Church
  and L.C.W.  She was a former Sunday school teacher.  She was a former
  Somerset school district teacher for 40 years, and she was the first
  teacher from the area to receive the Freedom Foundation Award for
  good citizenship.  She was a charter member and past president of
  Alpha Chapter, Delta Kappa Gamma, and member of Third Society of Farm
  Women.  Family received friends Tuesday and will receive friends 3-5
  and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at Deaner Funeral Home, Stoystown.  Body will
  lie in state at Friedens Lutheran Church from 10 a.m. until service
  at 11 a.m. on Thursday with the Rev. James R. Ling and her nephew,
  the Rev. Joseph D. Long officiating.  Interment, Friedens Lutheran
  Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, November 19, 1986
  
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