OBIT: Hester S. MARTIN, 1981, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  MARTIN
  
  Miss Hester S. Martin, 75, of Jenkintown, Pa., formerly of Somerset,
  died Dec. 23, 1981, at Rydal Park Medical Center, Rydal, Pa.  She was
  born March 10, 1906, at Kantner, the daughter of the late Andrew L.
  and Mary Jane (Lohr) Martin.  She was also preceded in death by a
  brother, Harry L. Martin.  She was a sister of Joseph W. and Dora F.,
  both of Somerset; also survived by a nephew, Jack L. Martin of Port
  Charlotte, Fla.; and nieces, Mrs. B.F. Walters of Somerset and Jolene
  A. Martin of Langhorne, Pa.  She was a member of the Calvary United
  Methodist Church, Somerset, and was the first woman in Somerset to
  obtain a pilot's license.  She was a retired school teacher, and
  began her teaching career in Jenners and Acosta and continued in
  Cheltenham, Pa., from 1929 until her retirement.  Funeral service
  will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Helweg Funeral Home,
  Jenkintown.  Memorial service will be held Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at the
  Richard E. Hauger Funeral Home, Somerset, with the Rev. Harry Sherry
  officiating.  Interment, Husband Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, December 26, 1981
  
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