OBIT: Anna A. (URBAS) STAKEM, 1984, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  ANNA A. STAKEM
  
    Anna A. Stakem, 73, of Paradise Street, Midland, Maryland, died
  February 22, 1984 at Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland, Maryland.
    Born in Pittsburgh, she was a daughter of the late Anton Urbas and
  Theresa (Liker) Urbas, former residents of Vale Summit.  Her husband,
  Clement T. Stakem, died in 1966.
    She was a retired employee of the Maryland State Department of
  Social Services, having served as the department's first homemaker in
  Allegheny County.  She was a member of St., Joseph's Catholic Church
  and the Sodality; the El Fidel Club of Cumberland; the Ladies
  Auxiliary of John T. Devlin Post; American Legion; the Ladies
  Auxiliary of the Midland Volunteer Fire Company and the Midland
  Homemakers Club.
    She is survived by three daughters: Mrs. Patricia Garrison,
  Midland, Maryland; Mrs. Noreen Smith, Piedmont, W.Va.; Mrs. Helen
  Frances Topacio, Jamul, California; seven sisters: Mrs. Rose Stakem,
  Midland; Mrs., Mary McKenzie, Frostburg, Maryland; Mrs. Nettie Kelly,
  Lonaconing, Maryland; Mrs. Helen Hardesty, Springs; Mrs. Margaret
  Arnold, Vale Summit, Maryland; Mrs. Dorothy Warnick, New Germany;
  Mrs. Libby McKinley, Hagerstown, Maryland; four brothers:  Anton
  Urbas, Vale Summit; Frank Urbas, Eckhart, Maryland; John Urbas,
  Meyersdale RD 3; William Urbas, Midland; nine grandchildren; and five
  great grandchildren.
    Friends were received at the Sowers Funeral Home, Frostburg.
  
  The Republic, March 1, 1984
  
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