OBIT: H. Alcinda (MEYERS) PURBAUGH, 1967, native of Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Sally Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ MRS. CHARLES A. PURBAUGH Mrs. H. Alcinda Purbaugh, 82, of 509 Vine St., Connellsville, died Nov. 27, in Connellsville State General Hospital. Born in Northampton Township, Somerset County, she was a daughter of the late W. Jackson and Ellen Jane (Poorbaugh) Meyers. She has lived in Connellsville for the past 30 years, and was a former school teacher in Northampton Township and Garrett. She was a member and past president of the Woman's Culture Club of Connellsville; a member of the Phillip Freeman Chapter DAR, the Bushy Run Chapter of Daughters of American Colonists and of the United Presbyterian Church, Connellsville. Her husband, Charles A. Purbaugh, survives; also a son, Clarion A., of Pompano Beach Fla.; two grandchildren, three great-grandchildren; and two sisters: Mrs. Harry Love, North Omstead, Ohio, and Mrs. Frank Kidwell, Glencoe. A daughter, Loreen, preceded her in death in 1950. Funeral service will be held this (Thursday) morning at Brooks Funeral Home, Connellsville, with Rev. William Sheldon Blair officiating. Interment will be made in Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Glencoe RD 1. Meyersdale Republican, November 30, 1967 [P1100]