OBIT: Betty (HOLMES) REILEY, 1999, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  REILEY
  
  Betty H. Reiley, 85, of Felgar Road, Somerset, Pa., died Oct. 9, 1999, in
  Life Care of Attleboro, Mass.  She was the wife of the late Henry B. Reiley
  Jr.  She was born in Norton, Mass., a daughter of the late David and Lillian
  C. (Austin) Holmes.  She had lived in Somerset for the past 41 years.  She
  graduated from Norton High School in 1931 and Framingham State teachers
  college in 1935 with a BS in Education.  She served a one-year dietary
  internship at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston in 1936 and had served
  as assistant administrative dietitian at Children's Hospital in Boston from
  1936 to 1939 and at MA Memorial Hospital in Boston from 1939 to 1940 and at
  the Allegheny General Hospital of Pittsburgh for six months in 1959 before
  joining the staff at the former Somerset Community Hospital in November of
  1959 where she worked until, retiring Jan. 1, 1970. Before moving to
  Somerset, she worked with her late husband for 18 years with his work with
  the Central PA and Ohio conferences of the Methodist church.  She was active
  with several professional newspaper and dietetic associations.  She was
  listed in "Who's Who Among American Women."  She had served as president of
  Somerset Newspapers, Inc., a family-owned business until October 1997 and
  continued to serve as president of E Z to Use Directories, Inc.  She was a
  member of the Calvary United Methodist Church of Somerset and served on the
  board of the Arbutus Park Retirement Community, Johnstown, Pa.  She had
  funded scholarships at Boston Univ., Boston Univ. Theological seminary,
  Phillips Exeter Academy, Tilton School, Wheaton College and Allegheny
  College of Meadville, Pa.  She leaves two sons, Henry B. Reiley III of
  Attleboro, Mass., and David H.. Reiley of Somerset, Pa.; one sister Esther
  Holmes of Norton, Mass.; four grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren and
  nieces and nephews.  She was the sister of the late Ruth H. Mercier, A
  memorial service in celebration of her life will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday,
  Oct. 17, in the Calvary United Methodist Church, 239 West Church St.,
  Somerset, Pa. Burial will be private.  Arrangements by the Cook Funeral
  Home, 160 Park St. Attleboro, Mass.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be
  made to the Betty Holmes Reiley Scholarship Fund in care of the trust
  department of Somerset Trust Co., 151 West Main St., Somerset, PA 15501
  
  Daily American, October 11, 1999
  
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