OBIT: Olive Belle (Bowers) MANGES, 2007, formerly of Somerset County, PA
 
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  MANGES, Olive Belle (Bowers)  12/26/07   Daily American
  
    Olive Belle (Bowers) Manges, 90, Johnstown, formerly of Hooversville, died Dec. 24,
  2007, at Allegheny Lutheran Home. Born Sept.21, 1917, in Bolivar, daughter of William and
  Esther (Montgomery) Bowers. Preceded  in death by parents, beloved husband Orie C., infant
  daughter  Esther Fern, grandson Keith Custer, stepmother Florence  Findley, sister Jean
  Rallis, brother Philson Bowers, stepsister Wilda (Ressler) Coursin, and stepbrother
  Walter Ressler. Survived by these children: Fred married to the former Dorothy Denk,
  Larry married to the former Judy Walker and Robin married to Greg Stufft, all of
  Hooversville; Jerry married to the former Kathy Serre, Dunlo; Dan married to the former
  Barbara Darr, Confluence; Bonnie married to  Don Eash, and Lori married to Denny Custer,
  all of Ohio;  and Rick married to the former Garyl Gardner, Windber; 31  grandchildren,
  64 great-grandchildren, and six great-great- grandchildren. Sister of Tess married to
  Stan Miller, Indiana  and Leora Jean (Ressler) married to R. Galen Garland of  Robinson.
  Widowed at the age of 42, Olive was a devoted and  loving mother who will be sadly missed
  by her children, their spouses (who she loved like her own children), grandchildren, and
  all who knew her. She was a longtime member of St. Thomas and Trinity Lutheran Churches,
  Hooversville, and she loved her family and reading. Olive formerly worked at Glosser
  Bros. Bakery, Memorial Hospital Housekeeping Department,  North Star School cafeteria and
  as a caregiver for the elderly. She taught and passed to her family many recipes like
  "patches." Family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday  at Deaner
  Funeral Home, Hooversville. Viewing from 10 a.m. until service at 11 a.m. Friday at
  Trinity Lutheran Church, Hooversville. The Rev. Krista T. Vingelis officiating. Interment
  St. Thomas Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may be given to Trinity Lutheran  Church,
  Hooversville, PA 15936.