OBIT: Mary (JOHNSON) SPEICHER, 1944, Saint Paul, Somerset County, PA

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MARY SPEICHER

  Mrs. Mary (Johnson) Speicher died at her home at St. Paul on Sunday, November 
19th, of a complication of diseases.  She has been in failing health for some 
time and has been blind for about three years.
  Mrs. Speicher was born on April 13, 1883, in Masontown, Pa., daughter of 
Francis and Hannah (Ache) Johnson, and was aged 61 years, 7 months and 4 days.  
She was twice married, first to Lloyd A. Shumaker, who died in 1909, and later 
to Norman A. Speicher, who died in 1935.  She is survived by one daughter, Edna 
Shumaker Uphold, three grandchildren, Mary, Donald and Elizabeth Uphold, all of 
St. Paul; and three brothers, Emerson Johnson and Dr. M. L. Johnson of 
Uniontown, and Dr. Clayton Johnson of Hollywood, Calif.
  Mrs. Speicher resided in this vicinity for about 35 years.  She was a faithful 
member of the Wilhelm Reformed Church, and was a very amiable lady, who enjoyed 
the friendship of many people.
  Funeral services were conducted on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. in the Speicher home 
in St. Paul, with Rev. Nelson C. Brown of the Meyersdale Reformed Church 
officiating.  Interment in the St. Paul Cemetery with Morticians W. C. Price and 
Son in charge.

Meyersdale Republican, November 23, 1944