OBIT: Hannah (Foust) PLATTER, 1940, Elk Lick, Somerset County, PA

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HANNAH PLATTER

  Mrs. Hannah Platter, of Elk Lick Township, died at her home Thursday, Nov. 14, 
1940, at the age of 66 years, 11 months and 10 days.  Her death was caused by a 
paralytic stroke.
  Mrs. Platter was a native of Lower Turkeyfoot Township, and was a daughter of 
the late Basil and Sophia Foust.  In addition to her husband, Charles Platter, 
she is survived by five sons and three daughters, namely, Irvin of Grantsville, 
Md.; Silas, at home; Joseph, Elroy and Arvis of Listonsburg, Pa.; Mrs. Oma Resh 
of Jennings, Md.; Mrs. Lettie Durst of Grantsville, Md., and Mrs. Elsie Butler 
of Salisbury, Pa.  She is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Jason Wilburn, of 
Grantsville, Md.
  Her funeral was held at a country school house several miles southwest of 
Grantsville, at 10 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 17th.  The service was conducted by Rev. 
J. E. Walls, a minister of the Church of the Brethren, of which Mrs. Platter was 
a member.  The burial arrangement was in charge of Mortician Stanley M. Thomas, 
with interment in the Durst Cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, November 28, 1940