OBIT: Melissa A. E. (HAMMER) PICKWORTH, 1984, Boswell, Somerset County, PA
  
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  PICKWORTH
  
  Melissa A.E. Pickworth, 99, 300 Ohio St., Boswell, died March 19,
  1984, at Wexford House Nursing Center, Wexford, Pa.  Born July 16,
  1884, in Jenner Township, Somerset County, daughter of R.F. and Polly
  (Speigle) Hammer.  Preceded in death by parents; husband, I.G., who
  died April 14, 1963; brother, P.M. Hammer, who died in 1983; niece,
  Frieda Belle Bodensky, who died in 1979; and nephew, Paul Hammer, who
  died in 1974. Suryiyed by niece, Mary C. Hammer, Boswell RD 1; two
  great-nieces, Peggy Hammer, Pittsburgh, and Belle Smith, Somerset;
  great-great-nephew, Jason Hammer; and great-great-niece, Shannon
  Smith.  Long-time member of Jenner Township Baptist Church and former
  Silyer Ray Rebekah Lodge, Boswell, where she was past Noble Grand.
  Also member of Wimodausis Rebekah Lodge No. 217, Somerset.  Graduate
  of former Indiana Normal School, Indiana, Pa.  Formerly taught in
  Jenner Township Schools.  Friends received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
  Wednesday at Holtman Funeral Home, 227 Allegheny St., Boswell, where
  service will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, the Rev. Donald Speigle.
  Interment, Jenner Township Baptist Cemetery.  Rebekah service at 2
  p.m. Wednesday at funeral home.
  
  Daily American, March 20, 1984
  
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