OBIT: Bess M. SHAVER, 1980, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  SHAVER
  
  Bess M. Shaver, 99, formerly of Somerset, died Dec. 12, 1980, in
  Allegheny Lutheran Home, Johnstown.  Born Nov. 27, 1881, in Somerset
  Township, near Friedens, she was a daughter of Charles I. and Emma
  (Mostoller) Shaver.  Survived by a niece and nephew, Mrs. Roe E.
  Withrow, Miami Lakes, Fla., and Clyde E. Shaver, Houston, Texas.  One
  nephew, Chester L. Shaver, preceded her in death Feb. 2, 1980.  She is
  also survived by one great-niece and three great-nephews.  She was a
  member of Trinity Lutheran Church, served many years ago as the
  Deputy Register of Wills at the Somerset Courthouse, and was a former
  member of Forbes Road Chapter, DAR.  She resided with her parents in
  Johnstown at the time of the 1889 flood and lived through the 1936
  and 1977 floods.  Friends will be received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
  Sunday in the Robert H. Halverson Funeral Home, where service will be
  conducted Monday at 11 a.m. with Pastor H. James Meyers officiating. 
  Interment Union Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, December 13, 1980
  
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