OBIT: Margaret E. (JOHNSON) SMELTZER, 2000, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  SMELTZER
  
  Margaret E. Smeltzer, 80, of Parkesburg, formerly of Frazer died
  March 15, 2000 at the Chester County Hospital in West Chester.  She
  was the widow of the late Alvin E. Smeltzer Sr. who died in 1998. 
  Born in Greensburg, she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Jennie
  Riehl Johnson.  A resident of Parkesburg for the past five years, she
  has lived in Frazer most of her life.  She was former member of the
  Grace Lutheran Church of Malvern.  She was a devoted wife, mother and
  homemaker.  She was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister. 
  She is survived by three daughters and two sons; Nancy DiObilda of
  Downingtown; Joyce J. and Ronald J. Smeltzer of Mt. Pleasant; Pamela
  J. DeHart of Atglen; Alvin E. Smeltzer Jr. of Mahneim, and Ronald J.
  Smeltzer of Exton.  Also 12 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren. 
  Three sisters: Sara Oakes of Somerset who is her twin sister, Anna
  Mae Dell of Greensburg, Dorothy V. Mercer of Ocean City, N.J. and a
  brother Samuel Johnson of Greensburg.  Relatives and friends received
  from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday the time of
  service at Wilde Funeral Home, 434 Main St., Parkesburg with Pastor
  James Person officiating.  Interment will follow at the Philadelphia
  Memorial Park in Frazer.  In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may
  be made to the Chester County Association for the Blind, 71 S. First
  Ave., Coatesville, Pa. 19320.
  
  Daily American, March 17, 2000
  
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