OBIT: Mary A. (HAUGER) SMITH, 1948, Brothersvalley Twp., Somerset County, PA

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MARY A. SMITH

  Mrs. Mary A. Smith, 90, of Brothersvalley Township died Wednesday at the home 
of her daughter, Mrs. Rose Lybarger of Mentor, Ohio, with whom she had made her 
home since last September.  She had been ill for about two weeks.
  Mrs. Smith was a daughter of Simon and Rose Ann (Rauch) Hauger of 
Brothersvalley Township.  She was the widow of G. Washington Smith who died in 
1904.  After his death Mrs. Smith remained on their farm where she brought up a 
large family.  A few years ago she sold her farm to her son, Claud Smith.
  She is survived by the following children: Mrs. Robert B. Walker, Mrs. Nellie 
Krause, Guy, Marling, and Claud Smith, Berlin, R. D. 3; Harry Smith, Berlin; 
Mrs. Rose Lybarger and Mrs. John Lichty of Waterloo, Iowa; also thirty 
grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren, 3 great-great-grandchildren and two 
sisters, Mrs. Elmer Rhoads and Mrs. Lillie Gumbert, both of Brothersvalley 
Township.
  She was a member of the Pine Hill Lutheran Church and a charter member of the 
Second Society of Farm Women of Somerset County.
  Her body was brought to Berlin, Thursday night and placed in Johnson & Son's 
Funeral Home, where services were held Saturday at 2:30 p.m., Rev. Howard W. 
Bock of the Garrett charge of the Lutheran Church officiating.
  Interment in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Berlin.

Meyersdale Republican, January 29, 1948