OBIT: Agnes A. (RATKIN) SMITH, 1978, Boswell, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Martha Matsuda Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ SMITH Mrs. Agnes A. Smith, 57, of 230 Juniata St., Boswell, died unexpectedly Dec. 11, 1978, at home. Born June 18, 1921, in Baltimore, Md., daughter of Herman and Agnes (Schmittle) Ratkin. Preceded in death by parents; husband, George J., who died March 23, 1977; and an infant sister. Survived by step-father, Alfred Hankinson, Baltimore, Md.; daughters Georgia C., wife of Larry Hemminger, Stoystown RD 1, and Nancy P., at home; two grandsons, Robert and Michael Hemminger; and brother, Edward, Baltimore. Employee of Dorfman and Hoffman Garment Factory, Boswell. Member of ILGWU Local 424. Friends received from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday and until 9 p.m. Wednesday at Joseph G. Hoffman Funeral Home, 409 Main St., Boswell, where service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, the Rev. Samuel E. Charlton. Interment, Jenner Crossroads Cemetery. Daily American, December 12, 1978 [S1977]