OBIT: Elmira C. (BENDER) SCHRIFT, 1996, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  SCHRIFT
  
    Elmira C. Schrift, 89, 422 Jackson St., Summerhill, died Sept. 14,
  1996 at home.  Born March 9, 1907 in Carroltown, the daughter of
  Augustine and Amelia (Sherry) Bender.  Preceded in death by parents;
  husband Victor L. Schrift, who died in 1991; sisters: Marcelline
  Kibler, Regina Madigan and Mary; Brothers: Warren A. Milton, William
  and Herbert.  Also three infant granddaughters.  Survived by these
  children: Patricia, wife of Dennis Penatzer, Sun City Center, Fla.;
  Dolores, wife of Clarence Farabaugh, Carroltown; David, married to
  Elener Bechel, New Germany; Charles, married to Jean Leja, Cleveland;
  Ronald, married to Gail Boland, New Germany; Mildred, wife of George
  Frank, Ebensburg; T. Hayden married to Patricia Klatt, Portage;
  William married to Janice Hines, Somerset; Thelma wife of Kevin Long,
  Warren; and Jean wife of Walter Sliko, Ebensburg; 47 grandchildren and
  26 great-grandchildren.  Sister of Anna, wife of Charles Lantzy,
  Mechanicsburg.  Mrs. Schrift and her husband Victor were married June
  17, 1930.  She is a member of St. John's Catholic Church, Summerhill
  and the Alter and Rosary Society.  Friends received from 2-4 and 7-9
  p.m. Sunday and Monday at the Charles O. Dimond Funeral Home Inc.,
  South Fork.  Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m.
  Tuesday at St. John's, Father Daniel Wolfel OSB.  Interment St.
  Benedict Church Cemetery, Carroltown.  Wake service held at 8 p.m.
  Monday at the funeral home.  The family requests memorial
  contributions to either Good Samaritan Hospice or Forest Hills
  Ambulance Association.
  
  Daily American, September 16, 1996
  
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