OBIT: Minnie V. (COBER) MENGES, 1978, Berlin, Somerset County, PA
  
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  MINNIE MENGES
  
    Minnie V. Menges, 98, of 601 Broadway St., Berlin, wife of the late
  Dr. H. W. Menges, died April 25, 1978, at the Meyersdale Community
  Hospital.  Born June 13, 1879, in Brothersvalley Township, she was a
  daughter of the late Israel and Eliza (Brant) Cober.
    She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Lancia of Mobile, Ala.;
  and Mary E., at home; also two grandsons, Robert Lancia of Lincoln,
  Ill.; and Richard Lancia of Greenfield, Mass.; one great-grandson,
  Neil Menges Lancia; also several nieces and nephews.
    She was the oldest member of the First Brethren Church in Berlin
  where she was a deaconess, member of the Women's Missionary Society
  and Golden Age Class.  She was also a member of the Pius Springs
  Women's Club, Lady Berlin Rebekah Lodge, and Berlin Senior Citizens.
    Services were held Friday at the Johnson-Kuhlman Funeral Home with
  the Rev. Ralph Mills officiating.  Interment, Berlin I.O.O.F.
  Cemetery.
  
  The Republic, May 4, 1978
  
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