OBIT: Olive (SMITH) RECKNER, 1977, Jerome,Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by John C. Oester. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ RECKNER Mrs. Olive Reckner, 69, of rear 333 Somerset Ave., Jerome, died May 4, 1977 at Memorial Hospital, Johnstown. Born Dec. 26, 1907 in Boswell, daughter of Richard V. and Lillie (Oates) Smith. Preceded in death by parents, five brothers and four sisters. Survived by husband, Theodore R. and these children: Charles R., married to the formar Theresa (Biondo), Boswell; Raymond E., married to the former Helen (Neath), Jerome; Doris Ruth, wife of Rudolf Meyers, Denver, Colo.; Mary Rachel, wife of Oran Jacobs, Morgantown, W. Va.; 14 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Was the sister of Mrs. Mary Gettinger, Boswell. Member of Jerome Lutheran Church, LCW of the Church and the auxiliary to the Jerome Fire Company. Friends received from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at the Joseph G. Hoffman Funeral Home, 409 Main Street, Boswell. Funeral service at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Jerome Lutheran Church with the Rev. George A. Clark. Interment, Jenner Crossroads Cemetery. Daily American, May 5, 1977 [R209]