OBIT: Virginia (MEYERS) RODENISER, native of Somerset County, PA

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VIRGINIA M. RODENISER

  Mrs. Virginia Meyers Rodeniser died at her home, the former R. G. Miller 
residence, which she recently purchased for her son, Bruce, on Meyers Ave., 
where she lived only two weeks.  Mrs. Rodeniser suffered a cerebral hemorrhage 
five weeks ago and had another stroke Saturday evening.  She passed away Sunday 
evening, November 9, at 6:06, at the age of 73 years.  She was the eldest 
daughter of William Jackson and Ellen Jane (Poorbaugh) Meyers, born near 
Glencoe, April 18, 1874.
  In 1909, she was united in marriage with Bruce Hewitt Rodeniser in Pittsburgh, 
where they made their home at 6418 Jackson Street, which is still maintained.  
Mrs. Rodeniser is well known in this area since she spent many summers at her 
summer home, Mey-Rod Farms, in Glencoe.  Her husband, former vice president of 
Beatrice Foods, Chicago, Ill., preceded her in death in April, 1937.
  Mrs. Rodeniser was affectionately known to her host of friends as "Aunt 
Virgie."  She was a member of Mt. Lebanon Reformed Church, Glencoe, John Neville 
Chapter, D.A.R., Daylight Chapter Eastern Star, Syria Ladies, White Shrine and 
of the Pittsburgh Social Register.
  Surviving besides the son, Bruce Hewitt, mentioned above are the following 
brothers and sisters: Mrs. Charles A. Poorbaugh, Connellsville; Harvey T. 
Meyers, Glencoe; Mrs. Minerva Gray, Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. C. Frank Kidwell, New 
York City, and Mrs. Harry Love, Cleveland, Ohio.
  The body was removed to Pittsburgh, Monday, where it lay in state in the 
Rodeniser Funeral Home, South Negley Avenue, until Tuesday evening at 8 p.m., 
when a short funeral service was held under the direction of Rev. Wayne Woods.  
The body was then brought back to her Meyersdale home, where friends were 
received until Thursday, when funeral services were held in the Mt. Lebanon 
Reformed Church at 2:30, with Rev. Nelson C. Brown, Meyersdale, Rev. D. S. 
Stephan, Berlin and Rev. J. E. Gindlesperger of Shrewsburg, Pa., former Mt. 
Lebanon pastor, officiating.  She was laid to rest beside her husband in the Mt. 
Lebanon cemetery under the direction of Johnson & Son, Berlin morticians.
  Pallbearers were John O. Ream, Berlin; Homer Boger, Hay's Mill; William 
Meyers, Henry Meyers, Ray Rhoe and James Meyers, Cumberland; Ralph Poorbaugh, 
Somerset and Tom Poorbaugh, Glencoe.  The last seven named are cousins of the 
deceased.

Meyersdale Republican, November 13, 1947