OBIT: Twila SEVITS, 1997, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  SEVITS
  
    Twila Sevits, 97, a 5-year resident of Mentor, Ohio, formerly of
  Somerset, died Feb. 21, 1997, at Homestead I Nursing Home in
  Painesville, Ohio.  Born May 5, 1899, in Somerset.  Member and past
  president of VFW Auxiliary Post 144, Johnstown.  Member of the
  original drill team of the Ladies Auxiliary of VFW Post 144.  Her
  hobbies included sewing and quilting.  Survived by sons, Earl Sevits
  Jr., Columbia S.C. and John Sevits, Mentor; daughter, Ina Mae
  McKenzie, Painesville; sister, Iva Emert, Somerset; half sisters:
  Hazel Snowman, Somerset; Amanda Bowman, Meyersdale; Thelma Neveling
  and Martha Cramer, both of Somerset.  Twelve grandchildren, 25
  great-grandchildren.  Preceded in death by her husband, Earl M.
  Sevits in 1967; daughters: Betty Hooper and Phyllis Leyden;
  grandsons, Robert McKenzie Jr. and William Sevits.  Funeral services
  were held at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Spear-Mulqueeny Funeral Home,
  Painsville [sic], with Rev. Gerald D. Kalb of Painesville United 
  Methodist Church officiating.  Burial, Beachdale Cemetery in Berlin 
  at noon Monday.
  
  Daily American, February 24, 1997
  
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