OBIT: Mattie (PRICE) MARTIN, 1976, Boswell, Somerset County, PA
  
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  MARTIN
  
  Mrs. Mattie Martin, 90, 605 Center St., Boswell, died July 30, 1976
  at home.  Born Feb. 11, 1886, in Defiance, Bedford County, daughter
  of Dr. James F. and Elizabeth McElwee Price.  Preceded in death by
  parents, husband William H., who died April 23, 1943, daughter Mrs.
  Leona Harvey, who died Nov. 28, 1943, and a son William H. Jr., who
  died Aug. 1, 1968.  Survived by these children: John married to the
  former Ruth Walker, Hagerstown, Md.; Arline, wife of Curtis Shumaker,
  Pasadena, Md.; Ruth, widow of Charles L. Miller, Turtle Creek; Louise
  (Babe) Deal; with whom Mrs. Martin resided, Boswell.  Robert married
  to the former Teresa Baker, Kantner; Cleo, widow of Kenneth Bowman,
  Pasadena, Md.; and Betty, widow of Clarence Felhauer, of Kantner; 20
  grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren and one great-great grandson. 
  Was a sister of James F., Elmira, New York, and Thomas, Altoona. 
  Member of St. Andrews Lutheran Church, Boswell since 1914 and Ladies
  Bible Class of the church.  Former member of Silver Ray Rebekah
  Lodge, Boswell and a past Noble Grand.  Now a member of Wimodausis
  Lodge 217, Somerset, charter member and past president of Auxiliary
  to Boswell Volunteer Fire Dept.  Member and past president of
  Auxiliary to Boswell American Legion Post 461.  Friends were received
  from noon to 9 p.m. Sunday and will be received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
  Monday at the Joseph H. Hoffman Funeral Home, 227 Allegheny St.,
  Boswell, where service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday.  Rev. George
  A. Clark officiating.  Interment Jenner Crossroads Cemetery. 
  Auxiliary to fire dept. Service 7 p.m. Monday, followed by Legion
  Auxiliary and 7:30 p.m. Rebekah Lodge service was held Sunday at 7
  p.m.
  
  Somerset American, August 2, 1976
  
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