OBIT: Elsie M. (Fritz) POWELL, 2007, Stoystown, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Barry and Betty Christy. jhurl@meyersdalelibrary.org Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ----------------------------------------------- POWELL, Elsie M. 12/27/07 Daily American Elsie M. Powell, 80, Stoystown, went to be with her Lord, Dec. 25, 2007. Born May 13, 1927, in Lincoln Township, she is the daughter of the late Charles and Mitilda (Pyle) Fritz. Also preceded in death by a granddaughter, Tammy Emerick; half brothers, Ernest Shaulis and Harry Pyle; and a half sister, Melda Berkey. Survived by her husband, David G. Powell; daughters, Jean Latshaw, Somerset; and Mrs. James (Linda) Emerick, Stoystown; grandchildren, Larry and Rick Latshaw, Vicky Rice and Melinda Emerick; great-grandchildren, Cody, Holly and Shane Latshaw and Cassidy Rice. Sister of Irene Gardner, Winston, Ore.; Merle Fritz, Confluence; and half brother, Floyd Fritz, Berlin. Former employee of Dorfman-Hoffman and she loved to quilt. Member of the Kantner Assembly of God Church. Friends received 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Robert H. Halverson Funeral Home, Somerset, where a service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday. The Rev. Tim Farkas officiating. Interment in Casebeer Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Kantner Assembly of God Church, 430 Schoolhouse Road, Kantner, PA 15548 or American Cancer Society, 168 W. Union St., Somerset, PA 15501.