OBIT: Lorraine OTTO, 1949, of interest in Somerset County, PA 

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LORRAINE OTTO

  Funeral services were held on Thursday afternoon in New Germany Reformed 
Church for Lorraine Otto, 38, who died suddenly at his home in New Germany, 
Tuesday morning, Feb. 15.  The Rev. Ira S. Monn, pastor, officiated, and burial 
was made in the church cemetery.  A men's chorus sang several selections.  Pall 
bearers were members of the Grantsville Camp No. 41, W.O.W., which held a 
memorial service at the home, Wednesday night.
  He was a son of Samuel L. and Emma (Kamp) Otto, and was born September 9, 1910 
at New Germany.  He was an active member of the Reformed church and served as 
Advisor Lieutenant of Grantsville camp of W.O.W. for two terms.  He acted as 
registration judge on the election board for District No. 3, Precinct No. 2, 
Grantsville, for several elections.
  He married Miss Mary Jankey, Mt. Lake Park, Md., February 18, 1933, who 
survives with a son, Robert, and a daughter, Helen, and his parents.  Also 
surviving are two brothers, Odell and Willard Otto, Baltimore, and four sisters, 
Mrs. Thomas Merrill, Baltimore; Mrs. Blayne Shunk and Miss Betty Jo Otto, 
Grantsville, and Mrs. Joseph Kenny, Boston, Mass.
  Among those attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. William Ferris, Mr. and 
Mrs. Olen Broadwater and Miss Ruth Otto, Akron, O., Forrest Felix, Mrs. Stanley 
Dunn and Mrs. Calvin Maser, Johnstown.

Meyersdale Republican, February 24, 1949