OBIT: Susan (HERSHBERGER) STEVANUS, 1943, native of Somerset County, PA

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SUSAN STEVANUS

  Mrs. Susan Stevanus, 90, died Monday, Feb. 8, at the home of her daughter, 
Mrs. Rachel Bittner, Somerset.  She was born December 19, 1852 in Elk Lick 
Township, a daughter of Jeremiah and Eliza Folk Hershberger.  Her husband, Jonas 
Stevanus, died 25 years ago.
  The following children survive:  William J. Stevanus, Prescott, Kansas; R. J. 
Stevanus, Berlin; Mrs. Jacob Sarver, Berlin; Alvin Stevanus, Appleton, 
Minnesota; Mrs. P. T. Coleman, Ingram; Mrs. Matilda Nailer, Los Angeles, 
California; Mrs. Carrie Kearton, Wessington Springs, South Dakota; Mrs. Bittner, 
mentioned above; Mrs. Orpha Knable, Cleveland, O.; and Victor of Turtle Creek.  
Two grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Sarah King of Salisbury.
  Friends were permitted to view the body at the Johnson Chapel, Berlin, until 
Thursday noon.  The funeral was held at 2:30 p.m. at Springs Mennonite Church, 
with the Rev. Roy Otto in charge.  Burial in the church cemetery directed by 
Johnson & Son, morticians.

Meyersdale Republican, February 11, 1943