OBIT: Bertha M. (LAPE) SHUMAKER, 1974, Somerset RD, Somerset County, PA
  
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  SHUMAKER
  
  Mrs. Bertha M. Shumaker, 85, Somerset RD 1, died July 1 at her
  home.  She was born Sept. 13, 1888 in Cambria County the, daughter of
  the late Levi and Elizabeth Young Lape.  She is preceded in death by
  her husband, George M., who died in 1953, two daughters, a son and a
  sister and two brothers.  She is survived by these children, Mrs.
  Lawrence (Alverda) Burkett, Rockwood RD 1, Mrs. Clarence (Velma)
  Clay, Forrest, both of Somerset RD 1, 14 grandchildren and 11 great
  grandchildren and the following brothers and sisters: Levi, of
  Pittsburgh, Mrs. Frieda Sevits, Painesville, O., Calvin, Medford,
  N.J., Harry, Mrs. Eva Walter, Miss Mary Lape, all of Somerset RD 1. 
  She was a member of Milford United Methodist Church.  Family will
  receive friends after 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Richard E. Hauger
  Funeral Home.  Funeral Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the
  Milford Church with the Rev. I. Dwayne Johnson and Rev. Daniel
  Enterline officiating.  Interment, New Centerville Cemetery.  Body
  will lie in state at the church from 12:30 p.m. Friday until service
  time.
  
  Somerset American, July 2, 1974
  
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