OBIT: Elmira (BAKER) MASON, 1986, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  MASON
  
  Elmira Mason, 79, Rockhill Furnace, formerly of Berlin RD 3, died
  April 16, 1986, in the home of her daughter at Three Springs.  Born
  Feb. 15, 1907, in Somerset Township, daughter of the late Franklin
  and Ida (Beal) Baker.  Raised in the home of the late William and
  Carrie Elizabeth (Martz) Beal, Brothersvalley Township.  Survived by
  her husband, Joseph Earl Mason, to whom she was married on Jan. 13,
  1927; three children: William Ward, Wildwood, N.J.; Donald Joseph,
  Berlin; and Mrs. William (Shirley Marie) Martin, Three Springs; five
  foster daughters: Mrs. Malvin (Emily Werner) Henry, Garrett; Mrs.
  Donald (Evelyn Werner) Coulter, Butler; Mrs. Robert F. (Faye Kallman)
  Glessner, Berlin RD 3; Mrs. Larry (Vivian Jean Dunmyer) Gindlesperger,
  Berlin; and Jeanne Shroyer, Lancaster; eight grandchildren; one great
  grandson and 17 foster grandchildren; a brother, Henry Baker,
  Lakewood, Ohio; and a foster sister, Mrs. Edward (Ruth Raley)
  Shaffer, Somerset.  Member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Berlin,
  and former member of Valley Grange 878.  Funeral services will be
  conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church,
  Berlin.  The family will receive friends at the church from 9:30 a.m.
  until time of service, the Rev. Kenneth S. Swanson officiating. 
  Funeral arrangements under the direction of the Martin Brown Funeral
  Home, Orbisonia.  Interment, Berlin I.O.O.F. Cemetery.  In lieu of
  flowers, contributions may be made to a Music and Worship Memorial
  Fund in Mrs. Mason's name with Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Berlin.
  
  Daily American, April 18, 1986
  
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