OBIT: Helen Ruth (FISHER) SHORT, 1999, Salisbury, Somerset County, PA
  
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  SHORT
  
    Helen Ruth Short, 70 of West Salisbury Avenue, Salisbury, went to
  be with the Lord Oct. 9, 1999, at Meyersdale Medical Center.  Born
  Nov. 30, 1928, in Coal Junction, she was the daughter of George
  Garfield Fisher, Salisbury and the late Beatrice Marie (Bluebaugh)
  Fisher.  Also preceded in death by her husband, Charles William Short
  Sr.  She will be deeply missed by friends and family.  Survived by
  three sons: Charles William Short Jr. and friend Joy McKenzie, George
  David Short Sr. and wife, the former Brenda Lea Stein, and Kenneth
  Alan Short and wife, the former Melanie Marie Seibert; five
  grandchildren: Jennifer Lynn Haning and husband Ron, Melissa
  Christine McKenzie and husband Heath, George David Short Jr., Justin
  Allan Short and Kylee Marie Short; four great-grandchildren: Tiffany
  Renee, Morgan Kathleen and Ronald Scott Haning and Kaylyn Nicole
  McKenzie; five sisters: Dorothy Eileen "Sis" Seifert of Meyersdale,
  Norma Jean Meyers and Patricia Lousie Pritts, both of Salisbury,
  Judith Maxine Gindlesperger of Jerome, and Gladys Mae Brown of
  Garrett.  Helen was an active member of St. Paul Wilhelm United
  Church of Christ, St. Paul, and was a retired CNA of Goodwill
  Mennonite Home, Grantsville, Md.  She has touched the lives of so
  many and due to her sudden, unexpected passing, her memory shall
  never fade.  Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.,
  today (Monday) at the Newman Funeral Homes, P.A., Grantsville, Md. 
  Services will be conducted at 11 a.m., Tuesday at St. Paul Wilhelm
  United Church of Christ with the Rev. Bruce Ashlock officiating. 
  Interment, church cemetery.  Friends may call at the church one hour
  prior to the services.  Expressions of sympathy may be directed to
  either St. Paul's Church of [sic] the Salisbury Volunteer Fire Department.  
  
  Daily American, October 11, 1999
  
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