OBIT: M. Grace (PFEIFFER) MURRAY, 1974, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  MRS. MAURICE MURRAY
  
    Mrs. M. Grace Murray, 77, of Corriganville, died February 13, 1974,
  at Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland, where she had been a patient
  three weeks.
    Born July 19, 1896, in Southampton Township, she was a daughter of
  the late George C. and Missouri Isabelle Baker Pfeiffer.
    Mrs. Murray was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ,
  Corriganville, its ladies aid, Senior Citizens of Corriganville and
  McKinley Chapter 12, Order of the Eastern Star.
    She was a member and protector of Sisterhood 111, Dames of Malta
  and honorary member and past president of Corriganville Volunteer
  Fire Department Auxiliary.
    Surviving are her husband, Maurice Murray; five daughters, Mrs.
  Myrtle McWilliams, Meyersdale; Mrs. Ellsworth Rizer*, Mrs. Howard
  Andrews, Mrs. Thomas Hardinger, Corriganville; Mrs. Wilbur Wood,
  Cumberland; a son, Ward Murray, Corriganville; a brother, J. Ward
  Pfeiffer, Nankin, Ohio; two sisters, Miss Ruth Pfeiffer,
  Corriganville; and Mrs. Olive Mason, Akron, Ohio; 13 grandchildren
  and three great grandchildren.
    Both the Order of Eastern Star and the Dames of Malta held Memorial
  services at the Zeigler Funeral Home, Hyndman.
    Funeral services were conducted February 16 at St. John's Church,
  the Rev. Douglas Borko officiating.  Interment was in the Amity
  United Church of Christ cemetery, Meyersdale.
    Pallbearers were six nephews: William Matthews, Ted Toner, Paul
  Poorbaugh, John W. Wolfe, Harry Smith and Albert Matthews. 
  
  Meyersdale Republican, February 21, 1974
  
  [M2634]
  
  [NOTE: * Rizer is spelled Riser in her husband's obit, Maurice
  Murray.]