OBIT: Hannah (Custer) SEESE, 1915, native of Somerset County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Meyersdale Library. Transcribed and proofread by: Keith Petenbrink. Copyright 2011. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _________________________________________ Seese, Hannah Mrs. Hannah Seese, who is 96 years of age, is dying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Meyers in this place. She has been unconscious since Wednesday evening and her relatives have been summoned to the bedside. Meyersdale Commercial, June 3, 1915 --- Mrs. Hannah Custer Seese, widow of John E. Seese died Thursday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hiram Meyers, of Hooversville. Mrs. Seese was 96 years old and until a few months ago, enjoyed good health. She was one of nine children of John E. and Elizabeth Stover Custer, of Conemaugh Township, near Davidsville. The only surviving member of this family is John Custer, who is living in Roxbury, Johnstown, and is aged over 90. About 75 years ago Hannah Custer was united in wedlock to John E. Seese, for many years a resident of Paint Township. Mr. Seese died about 20 years ago. His widow moved to Hooversville, where she made her home with her daughter. Surviving Mrs. Seese are her brother above named, and these children: Hannah, who lives with her sister, Mrs. Meyers; Mrs. H. J. Lehman, of Hooversville and Joseph J. Seese, of Scalp Level. Her grandchildren and great grandchildren are numbered by the score, while eight great-great grandchildren comprise the fifth generation. The funeral took place Saturday morning at ten o'clock from the Scalp level Lutheran Church, of which denomination Mrs. Seese was a member since girlhood. The Rev. Simon Snyder had charge of the Scalp Level services. Meyersdale Commercial, June 17, 1915