OBIT: Bertha (GNAGEY) MAYNER, 1948, native of Somerset County, PA

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BERTHA MAYNER

  Mrs. Bertha (Gnagey) Mayner, wife of J. Edgar Mayner, died at her home in 
Ashland, O., January 9, 1948.  Her death was due to coronary thrombosis.  She 
had been in bed not quite a week because of high blood pressure, but the 
condition of her heart was not known.  She slept quietly away Friday afternoon 
while a friend sat at her bedside, in the absence of the nurse, who was away one 
hour.
  Bertha Gnagey was born in Meyersdale, January 5, 1881, the daughter of the 
late Rev. A. D. and Fannie (Livengood) Gnagey.  Her father was the first pastor 
of the Main Street Brethren Church.  For many years, he was one of the 
outstanding ministers and leaders of the Brethren denomination, serving as 
pastor here, in Pittsburgh and Altoona, and as editor of the Brethren Church 
publications in Ashland, O.  Both parents died about 10 years ago in Ashland 
where they lived in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mayner, after Rev. Gnagey retired 
from active ministry.
  Besides her husband, who has been in ill health for a number of years, Mrs. 
Mayner is survived by one son, Joseph, of Shelby, O., and one granddaughter.  A 
daughter, Emily, preceded her in death.  Also surviving are one sister, Emily B. 
Gnagey of Albany, N.Y., and two brothers, F. Emerson Gnagey of Ashland, O., and 
Theodore Gnagey of South Orange, N.J.
  Funeral services, conducted at the Mayner home, January 12, were largely 
attended.  Mrs. Maynor had many loving and admiring friends.  She was an active 
member of the Lutheran Church and took an active part in social and cultural 
circles in Ashland.
  She was a niece of the editor emeritus of the Meyersdale Republican, William 
S. Livengood, Sr.

Meyersdale Republican, February 12, 1948