OBIT: Fern (MAUST) SMITH, 1996, Somerset RD, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Nancy Lorz Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ SMITH Fern (Maust) Smith, 89, Somerset RD 1, died Nov. 29, 1996, at Somerset Hospital. Born May 26, 1907, in Elk Lick Township, daughter of the late Nora (Scell) and Leonard Maust. Also preceded in death by one son, Ray Smith; brothers, Warren, Harold, Delmar, Melvin and Cecil, and sisters, Avis and Geneva. Survived by these children: Mable, wife of Dale L. Miller, Somerset RD 1; Marie, North Carolina, and Harold Richards, Ohio; brothers, Vilis, Somerset RD 5; Gordon, Everett; Grover, Arizona, and Ted Maust, Meyersdale; 4 grandchildren: Linda, Harry, Kevin Miller, and Rick Smith; great-grandchildren: Collin Smith and Bethany Miller; and 1 step-grandchild, Jay Christner, Somerset. Member of Milford United Methodist Church. Friends received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today (Monday) in Robert H. Halverson Funeral Home, where service will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Rev. Randall Bain and Rev. Jay Christner. Interment, St. John's Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Milford United Methodist Church Building Fund or the In-Touch Hospice, Somerset Hospital. Daily American, December 2, 1996 [S2052]