OBIT: Esther POINT, 1946, of interest in Somerset County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Meyersdale Library. Transcribed and proofread by: Richard Boyer. Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ________________________________________________ ESTHER POINT Miss Esther Point, 48, daughter of the late Annie Layman and Frank Point, of Newell, Iowa, died in the Georgetown Hospital, Washington, D.C., Thursday, Jan. 3. Miss Point was employed by the government in Washington for a number of years, and often visited relatives in Garrett County - the Misses Ida and Beulah Engle and Charles and Scott Layman. Miss Point's uncle, George Layman of Newell, Iowa, was called to Washington early last week owing to her illness and death and accompanied the body to Frostburg, where it was prepared for burial at the Durst Funeral Home. On Saturday the body was sent to her home in Newell, Iowa for funeral services and interment. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Ethel Hobby of California. Meyersdale Republican, January 10, 1946