OBIT: Irena F. (RECKNER) SILBAUGH, 1978, Confluence RD, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Denise Phillips. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ IRENA SILBAUGH Irena F. Silbaugh, 80, of Confluence RD 1, died April 13, 1978, in Meyersdale Community Hospital. Born Dec. 22, 1897, in Henry Clay Township, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Arminta (Brenneman) Reckner. She is survived by the following children: Frederick, Confluence RD 1; Donald, Baltimore, Md.; Mrs. Helen Grymes, Orange, Va.; Paul, Scott Depot, Va.; Mrs. Arminta Mitchell, Confluence RD 1; James Twinsburg, Ohio; also 17 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren; and four sisters: Mrs. Ida Bowlin, Confluence; Miss Grace Reckner, Uniontown; Mrs. Bertha Shaffer and Mrs. Effie Sluss, Baltimore, Md. She was preceded in death by her husband, Kimmel. Services were held Sunday at the Humbert Funeral Home with the Rev. John R. Hickson and the Rev. Donald De Haven officiating. Interment, Johnson Chapel Cemetery. The Republic, April 20, 1978 [S1732]