OBIT: Sylvia R. (PICKWORTH) PYLE, 1974, Jennerstown, Somerset County, PA
  
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  SYLVIA R. PYLE
  
  Mrs. Sylvia R. Pyle, 74, of Jennerstown, died June 8 at Latrobe
  Hospital.  Born Sept. 30, 1899, in Jenner Township, daughter of
  Milton A. and Susan Ross Pickworth.  Preceded in death by parents,
  husband, Ellis M., March 6, 1966, brother, I.G. Pickworth, and sister
  Mrs. Mary Hay.  Survived by these children: Anita, wife of Paul
  Hammer, Jennerstown; Forrest, married to the former Louise Louther,
  Blairsville; Mary, wife of Thomas Palmer, Warren, Ohio; Dalton,
  married to the former Evelyn Nees, Alliance, Ohio; Dorothy Ann, wife
  of John Weber, Ligonier; 12 grandchildren, one great-grandson.  Was a
  sister of Mrs. Olive Wilson and Robert M. Pickworth, both of Florida;
  Mrs. Hazel Matthews, Somerset; and Mrs. Goldie Speigle, Boswell.  Was
  a long-time member of Jenner Township Baptist Church, and Jenner
  Grange 1661, of which she was a past master, lecturer and chaplain. 
  Member of Order of Eastern Star, Somerset Lodge 138.  One of the
  founders and a charter member of Laurel Mountain Senior Citizens. 
  Was a member, and held various offices, in Seventh Society of Farm
  Women.  Was a Republican committeewoman in Jennerstown for many
  years.  Charter member and past president of Jennerstown Fire Company
  Auxiliary.  Member of Somerset County Historical Society, and charter
  member DAR, Ft. Ligonier Lodge.  Friends were received from 7-9 p.m.
  Sunday and will be received from 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday at Joseph H.
  Hoffman Funeral Home, 227 Allegheny St., Boswell, where funeral
  service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Rev. H.G. Hoffman
  officiating.  Eastern Star service 7:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral
  home.  Interment, Beam Cemetery.
  
  Somerset American, June 10, 1974
  
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