OBIT: Alta Grace (BENIKER) PRESTON, 1987, native of Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Winnie Nichols Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ ALTA G. PRESTON Alta Grace Preston, 75, Dogwood Flat, died Saturday, June 27, 1987, in Potomac Valley Hospital, Keyser, W.Va. Born in Boynton, Feb. 14, 1912, she was the daughter of the late William Henry and Ada (Bowman) Beniker. Her husband, Ray Alton Preston, died Oct. 17, 1967. She was formerly employed by the Celanese Corporation and was a member of Barton Methodist Church. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. May Preston Green, Falls Church, Va.; two brothers, Homer Beniker, Accident, Md.; and Ernest Beniker, Buena Vista, Tenn.; one sister, Mrs. Ruth Jacobsen, Roseburg, Ore.; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Friends were received in the Eichhorn-McKenzie Funeral Home, Lonaconing, Md., where services were conducted Wednesday at 10 a.m. by the Rev. Harold Malone. Interment, Elk Lick Cemetery, Salisbury. The Republic, July 2, 1987 [P0884]